Where does “nanostructuring” come from?

nanostructuring (English) comes from English structure, from Middle French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

nanostructuring (English): The design and manufacture of nanostructures

Definitions

  1. The design and manufacture of nanostructures

Ancestry of “nanostructuring”, step by step

nanostructuring traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English structure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstructureA cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The...
2Middle Frenchstructure
3Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
4Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
5Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
7Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via English ing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishingA meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;...
2Middle Englishing
3Old Englishingmeadow, water meadow, ing
4Old Norseengmeadow
5Proto-GermanicangijōA low lying meadow in a valley or near a river
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énkoscurve, bend
7Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

via English nano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānusdwarf
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-