Where does “nanolitre” come from?

nanolitre (English) comes from English litre, from French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα, from Proto-Italic *līðrā — ingot.

nanolitre (English): A unit of volume equivalent to 10 litres. Symbol:...

Definitions

  1. A unit of volume equivalent to 10 litres. Symbol:...

Ancestry of “nanolitre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlitreThe metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one...
2Frenchlitrelitre
3Medieval Latinlitra—
4Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
5Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

Words derived from “nanolitre”

Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →