Where does “nanotool” come from?

nanotool (English) comes from English tool, from Middle English tool, from Old English tōl, from Proto-Germanic tōlą, from Proto-Indo-European dewh₂- — to fit.

nanotool (English): Any tool having dimensions measured in...

Definitions

  1. Any tool having dimensions measured in...

Ancestry of “nanotool”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoolA mechanical device intended to make a task...
2Middle EnglishtoolA tool, implement, or instrument; A instrument of...
3Old Englishtōltool, implement, instrument
4Proto-Germanictōlątool
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewh₂-to fit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tōlą →Every word from Old English tōl →