strangelet

strangelet

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros
Proto-Italic *eksteros
Latin exter
Latin extrā
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
Proto-Italic *-ejos
Proto-Italic *-eos
Latin -eus
Latin -āneus
Latin extrāneusder.
Old French estrange
Anglo-Norman estraungebor.
Middle English straunge
English strange
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Old French -eletbor.
Middle English -let
English -let
English strangelet

    From strange + -let.

    Noun

    strangelet (plural strangelets)

    1. (physics) A proposed fragment of strange matter, consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks.

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