Etymograph

English

anionic

Anionic comes from Ancient Greek ἀνῐόν, from Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-1‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éyti1‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éimi1‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓όν1ĭón
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνῐόν1anĭón
  6. English1500–presentanion1
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2015anionic1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English anionic
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A : “Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ey-Wiktionary, English anionic‘to go’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éytiWiktionary, English anionic‘to go, to be going’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éimiWiktionary, English anionic‘to go’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓όνWiktionary, English anionicĭón
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνῐόνWiktionary, English anionicanĭón
  6. English1500–presentanionWiktionary, English anionic
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2015anionicWiktionary, English anionic. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A : “Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid…”

A compound of anion + -ic

Ancient Greek ἀνιών ‘(thing) going up’

English anion

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- ‘to go’

eid, itinerary, iter, 24 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti ‘to go, to be going’

initial, initiative, transition, ambitious, ambient, initiate, ambition, eyre, initiation, sedition, initiator, ambiance, ambit, 19 more

through Proto-Hellenic *éimi ‘to go’

ion, isthmus, cation, 15 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to an anion.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “anionic”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- / anionic

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