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Where does “nanosystem” come from?

nanosystem (English) comes from English system, from Late Latin systema, from Ancient Greek σύστημα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

nanosystem (English): Any physical system that is engineered at the...

Definitions

  1. Any physical system that is engineered at the...

Ancestry of “nanosystem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsystemA collection of organized things; a whole...
2Late Latinsystemaharmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects;...
3Ancient Greekσύστημαa whole made of several parts or members, system;...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

Words derived from “nanosystem”

  • bionanosystem
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