Where does “nanostructured” come from?
Nanostructured is derived from nano-, from Latin nanus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος meaning dwarf, combined with the English suffix -structured.
nanostructured (English): Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on...
Definitions
- Having a nanostructure; a structure designed on...
Ancestry of “nanostructured”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | structured | having structure; organized; simple past tense... |
| 2 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 3 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 4 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 5 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |