Where does “nanotopology” come from?
nanotopology (English) comes from English nano, from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.
nanotopology (English): nanoscale topology
Ancestry of “nanotopology”, step by step
nanotopology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | nano | Nanotechnology |
| 2 | English | nano- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 3 | Latin | nānus | dwarf |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | νᾶνος | dwarf |
via English topology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | topology | A branch of mathematics studying those properties... |
| 2 | Late Latin | topologia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τόπος | place, location; topic; commonplace; position,... |