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Where does “nan” come from?
nan (Catalan) comes from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.
nan
(Catalan): dwarf
Definitions
dwarf
Ancestry of “nan”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
nānus
dwarf
2
Ancient Greek
νᾶνος
dwarf
Words derived from “nan”
nanisme
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