Etymograph

English

sparticle

From s- + particle.

A compound of s- + particle

English scalar ‘particle with spin 0’

English s-

Proto-Italic *partis ‘part’

Latin pars ‘part, piece’

Latin particula ‘small part, particle’

Middle French particule

English particle

Today it means

noun Any subatomic particle predicted by supersymmetry; the boson equivalent of a known fermion.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sparticle”. 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.

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