Where does “nanoclay” come from?

nanoclay (English) comes from English clay, from Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic klaij, from Proto-Germanic klajjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

nanoclay (English): nanoparticulate clay

Definitions

  1. nanoparticulate clay

Ancestry of “nanoclay”, step by step

nanoclay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English clay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclayA mineral substance made up of small crystals of...
2Middle Englishcleyclay, plaster, or earth like clay; Any earth or...
3Old Englishclǣġclay
4Proto-West Germanicklaijclay
5Proto-Germanicklajjazclay
6Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

via English nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānusdwarf
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →