Where does “nanometallurgy” come from?
nanometallurgy (English) comes from English metallurgy, from French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek ἔργον, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
nanometallurgy (English): Nanoscale metallurgy
Definitions
- Nanoscale metallurgy
Ancestry of “nanometallurgy”, step by step
nanometallurgy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metallurgy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metallurgy | The science of metals; their extraction from... |
| 2 | French | métallurgie | metallurgy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |