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
automaton, blepharon, boron, boson, carbon, colon, electron, gnomon, hexon, inflaton, klepton, lepton, lexicon, photon, proton, silicon
