Where does “nanopit” come from?

nanopit (English) comes from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

nanopit (English): A nanoscale pit

Definitions

  1. A nanoscale pit

Ancestry of “nanopit”, step by step

nanopit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
2Middle Englishpit—
3Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
4Proto-West Germanicputiwell
5Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
6Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

via English nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānusdwarf
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Latin -al →Every word from Latin puteus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic puti →