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Where does “nanogenerator” come from?

nanogenerator (English) comes from English generator, from English generate, from Latin generō, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

nanogenerator (English): Any electrical generator whose scale is measured...

Definitions

  1. Any electrical generator whose scale is measured...

Ancestry of “nanogenerator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeneratorOne who, or that which, generates, begets,...
2EnglishgenerateTo bring into being; give rise to; To produce as...
3Latingenerō—
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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