Where does “nanometrically” come from?
nanometrically (English) comes from English nanometric, from English metric, from English chronometric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
nanometrically (English): In a nanometric manner
Definitions
- In a nanometric manner
Ancestry of “nanometrically”, step by step
nanometrically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nanometric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nanometric | Of, or relating to, a nanometer |
| 2 | English | metric | Of or relating to the metric system of... |
| 3 | English | chronometric | Of or pertaining to a chronometer or to... |
| 4 | English | -metric | Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in... |
| 5 | French | -métrique | -metric |
| 6 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 7 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English ally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ally | To unite, or form a connection between, as... |
| 2 | Middle English | allie | The state of having marital or family relations... |
| 3 | Middle English | allien | To ally; to make a pact or confederacy; To marry... |
| 4 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 5 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |