naming of electron photon messon bosson proton?

[swapneel5]

why there is "ON" in every particle`s name?

[ZapperZ]

There's no "on" in neutrino.

Zz.

[DaveC426913]

I believe that "on" is the Latin root of particle.

"ino" is baby.

[alxm]

It's all Greek-ish. Started with "ion", which is the present participle of the verb "to go" in Greek, so it means "going".. the thing that moves when you have a current.

"Electron" is a portmanteau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau) of "electric ion" and more or less pseudo-Greek (where the ending "-tron" denoted tools and instruments, e.g. "alabastron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabastron)", an oil vessel)
All the other particles ending in "-on" got their names by analogy to "electron". Also "cyclotron" ("cyclo-", circular, + "electron"), and then synchrotrons and whatnot by analogy to that.

Then there's "neutrino" which Fermi distinguished from the neutron by applying the diminutive "-ino" ending from his native Italian. So "little neutron" basically.

[DaveC426913]

I'd like to change my answer please... :blush:

[swapneel5]

Thanks