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Where does “nanobarn” come from?

nanobarn (English) comes from English barn, from Middle English barn, from Old English bearn, from Old English bereærn, from Old English bere, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.

nanobarn (English): A unit of area equal to 10 barns

Definitions

  1. A unit of area equal to 10 barns

Ancestry of “nanobarn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarnA building, often found on a farm, used for...
2Middle EnglishbarnA member of one's immediate offspring or progeny;...
3Old Englishbearnchild; first/third-person singular preterite of...
4Old Englishbereærnbarn, granary
5Old Englishberebarley; first-person singular present indicative...
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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