Blend ofelectric +ion,coined by Anglo-Irish scientistGeorge Stoney in 1891, changed by him multiple times from an earlierelectrolion and originalelectrine (used as early as 1874) as the name for the electric charge associated with a univalent ion. Compareelectro-,-on.The particle ("corpuscule") was discovered in 1896. The nameelectrion was proposed for the particle in 1906 but curtailed becauseHendrik Lorentz preferredelectron.
