-tron

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tron"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor.

English -tron

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron), a suffix denoting an instrument, as in Ancient Greek ἄροτρον (árotron, “plow”). The word cyclotron in particular has served as a motivation for use in high-technology terms. Compare also electron (and electronic), which is unrelated to the -τρον suffix.

Suffix

-tron (noun-forming suffix, plural -trons)

Used to name various electronic and neutronic devices.
Used to name a number of subatomic particles.
Used to name a number of particle accelerators.
Used to name a number of machine learning algorithms.

Derived terms

Anagrams

ront, torn