Where does “nanodelivery” come from?
nanodelivery (English) comes from English delivery, from Old French delivrer, from Latin līberō, from Latin līberāre, from Latin Līber, from Old Latin loeber, from French lober, from French lob — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
nanodelivery (English): nanoscale delivery (of drugs)
Definitions
- nanoscale delivery (of drugs)
Ancestry of “nanodelivery”, step by step
nanodelivery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English delivery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | delivery | The act of conveying something; The item which... |
| 2 | Old French | delivrer | to set free; to liberate; to give birth; to... |
| 3 | Latin | līberō | to free, set free, liberate |
| 4 | Latin | līberāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Līber | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | loeber | — |
| 7 | French | lober | to lob |
| 8 | French | lob | lob |
| 9 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 10 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 11 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 12 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 13 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 14 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 15 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 16 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 17 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 18 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 19 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |