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-onium

Type

suffix

Denotation

chemical (denoting quaternary ammonium compounds), physical (denoting an onium particle), and technical suffix

Etymology

modern coinage from Latin -onium; Ancient Greek -onion

Evidence

Acousmonium, argonium, bottomonium, carbonium, cefalonium, charmonium, decamethonium, fluxonium, gluonium, helionium, hydronium, oxonium, quarkonium, quarkonium, strangeonium

See Also

-onia, -ium

Homographs

Onium