Where does “nanostructure” come from?
Nanostructure comes from English nano- combined with structure, which derives from Latin structura, the noun form of struere meaning to pile up or build, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ster-.
nanostructure (English): Any manufactured or natural structure having a...
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- Any manufactured or natural structure having a...
Ancestry of “nanostructure”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 2 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 3 | Latin | structūra | — |
| 4 | Latin | struō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |