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Where does “nanotesla” come from?

nanotesla (English) comes from English Tesla, from Serbo-Croatian Tesla, from Proto-Slavic tesľa, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-dʰlo-, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

nanotesla (English): An SI unit equal to one billionth of a tesla

Definitions

  1. An SI unit equal to one billionth of a tesla

Ancestry of “nanotesla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTesla—
2Serbo-CroatianTesla—
3Proto-Slavictesľa—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-dʰlo-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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