Where does “nano-COM” come from?

nano-COM (English) comes from English com, from English committee, from English commit, from Middle English committen, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

nano-COM (English): The use of a very small subset of the Component Object Model, focused exclusively on the Application Binary Interface (ABI) aspects that enable function and method calls across independently compiled modules

Definitions

  1. The use of a very small subset of the Component Object Model, focused exclusively on the Application Binary Interface (ABI) aspects that enable function and method calls across independently compiled modules

Ancestry of “nano-COM”, step by step

nano-COM traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English com

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomAbbreviation of committee; Abbreviation of...
2EnglishcommitteeA body of one or more persons convened for the...
3EnglishcommitTo give in trust; to put into charge or keeping;...
4Middle Englishcommittento entrust
5LatincommittoI commit; I begin; I carry on
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānusdwarf
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-