Where does “nanotube” come from?

Nanotube is a modern English compound of nano- and tube, where tube derives from Middle French tube, Latin tubus, and Latin tuba, a trumpet or pipe.

nanotube (English): Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule,...

Definitions

  1. Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule,...

Ancestry of “nanotube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
2Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
3Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
4LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube

Words derived from “nanotube

Every word from Latin tubaEvery word from Latin tubusEvery word from Middle French tube