Since the later discovery of the electron, an easier to remember, and more durably technically correct (although historically false), etymology has been suggested: cathode, from the Greek kathodos, 'way down', 'the way (down) into the cell (or other device) for electrons'.
Since the later discovery of the electron, an easier to remember, and more durably technically correct (,although historically false), etymology has been suggested: cathode, from the Greek kathodos, 'way down' 'the way (down) into the cell (or other device) for electrons'.