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Where does “nanomechanical” come from?

nanomechanical (English) comes from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.

nanomechanical (English): Of or pertaining to nanomechanisms

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to nanomechanisms

Ancestry of “nanomechanical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
2Latinnānus—
3Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
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