Where does “nanocontainment” come from?

nanocontainment (English) comes from English containment, from English contain, from Old French contenir, from Latin contineo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

nanocontainment (English): The containment of a material within a nanoscale...

Definitions

  1. The containment of a material within a nanoscale...

Ancestry of “nanocontainment”, step by step

nanocontainment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English containment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcontainmentThe state of being contained; The state of...
2EnglishcontainTo hold inside; To include as a part; To put...
3Old Frenchcontenirto control oneself, to keep one's feelings and...
4LatincontineoI hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;...
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via English nano

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