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Where does “nanocircuitry” come from?

nanocircuitry (English) comes from English circuitry, from English circuit, from Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus, from Latin circumeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō — to go.

nanocircuitry (English): nanoscale circuitry

Definitions

  1. nanoscale circuitry

Ancestry of “nanocircuitry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcircuitryA specific system of electrical circuits in a...
2EnglishcircuitThe act of moving or revolving around, or as in a...
3Middle Englishcircuit—
4Old Frenchcircuit—
5Latincircuituspatrol; circuit; revolution
6Latincircumeō—
7Latineō—
8Proto-ItaliceōI go
9Proto-Italicejō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
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