Where does “nanoelectrode” come from?
nanoelectrode (English) comes from English nano, from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.
nanoelectrode (English): A nanoscale electrode
Ancestry of “nanoelectrode”, step by step
nanoelectrode 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 electrode
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | electrode | the terminal through which electric current... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὁδός | threshold; road, path, way; journey, trip,... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *hodós | — |