Where does “nanodevice” come from?
nanodevice (English) comes from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.
nanodevice (English): Any manufactured device whose scale is measured...
Definitions
- Any manufactured device whose scale is measured...
Ancestry of “nanodevice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | nano- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 2 | Latin | nānus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νᾶνος | dwarf |