Morpheme
-on
Type
suffix
Denotation
Ancient Greek singular noun suffix, scientific suffix (physics, mathematics, biology, genetics, chemistry) (plural -a)
Etymology
Ancient Greek -on, often via Latin
Evidence
anacoluthon, automaton, blepharon, boron, boson, carbon, citron, colon, Decameron, electron, etymon, ganglion, gnomon, hexameron, hexahemeron, hexon, inflaton, klepton, lepton, lexicon, moron, photon, pluton, proton, silicon, strangeonium, thoron
Notes
Hoffmann suffix
See Also
Homographs
On, -on, -on, -on, -on, On(e) [One, On], -on(e) [-one, -on]
