Where does “subnanometric” come from?
subnanometric (English) comes from English nanometric, from English metric, from English chronometric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
subnanometric (English): Having dimensions less than a nanometre
Definitions
- Having dimensions less than a nanometre
Ancestry of “subnanometric”, step by step
subnanometric traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nanometric
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nanometric | Of, or relating to, a nanometer |
| 2 | English | metric | Of or relating to the metric system of... |
| 3 | English | chronometric | Of or pertaining to a chronometer or to... |
| 4 | English | -metric | Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in... |
| 5 | French | -métrique | -metric |
| 6 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 7 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |