Where does “nana” come from?
nana (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto nano, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.
nana (Esperanto): dwarf
Ancestry of “nana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | nano | dwarf |
| 2 | Latin | nānus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | νᾶνος | dwarf |