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