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Neutron

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a subatomic particle with no electric charge, found in atomic nuclei
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Stage 1 of 2
neuter
Latin · ancient
"neither, neutral"
neither, neutral, describing the particle's lack of electric charge
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Stage 2 of 2
neutron
English · 1921
"an electrically neutral subatomic particle"
coined for the electrically neutral subatomic particle
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