Where does “nanoconfinement” come from?

nanoconfinement (English) comes from English confinement, from French confinement, from French -ment, from Middle French -ment, from Old French -ment, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

nanoconfinement (English): confinement in a nanosized region

Definitions

  1. confinement in a nanosized region

Ancestry of “nanoconfinement”, step by step

nanoconfinement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English confinement

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconfinementThe act of confining or the state of being...
2Frenchconfinementconfinement; act of quarantining, of putting into...
3French-mentAttaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb
4Middle French-mentUsed to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...
5Old French-mentUsed to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent...
6Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
7Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
8Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via English nano

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