Where does “nanocone” come from?
nanocone (English) comes from English nano, from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.
nanocone (English): A nanoscale cone
Ancestry of “nanocone”, step by step
nanocone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | nano | Nanotechnology |
| 2 | English | nano- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 3 | Latin | nānus | dwarf |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νᾶνος | dwarf |
via English Cone
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Cone | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line |
| 2 | Middle English | cone | — |