argonium

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Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Hellenic *wérgon

Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ργός (ārgós)

Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?

Latin carbōlbor.

French carbonebor.

English carbonbf.

English -on

English argon

New Latin ammōniumbor.

English ammonium

English onium

English -onium

English argonium

From argon + -onium.

argonium (uncountable)

A cation (ArH⁺) formed by protonation of an argon atom
- 2015, Holger S.P. Müller, Sébastien Muller, Peter Schilke, Edwin A. Bergin, John H. Black, Maryvonne Gerin, Dariusz C. Lis, David A. Neufeld, Sümeyye Suri, “Detection of extragalactic argonium, ArH $^{+}$ , toward PKS~1830 $-$ 211”, in arXiv‎^[1]:
  Our results demonstrate the suitability of argonium as a tracer of the almost purely atomic, diffuse ISM in high-redshift sources.