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Where does “ナノテクノロジー” come from?

ナノテクノロジー (Japanese) comes from English nanotechnology, from English technology, from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία, from Ancient Greek τεχνολόγος, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

ナノテクノロジー (Japanese): nanotechnology

Definitions

  1. nanotechnology

Ancestry of “ナノテクノロジー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanotechnologyThe science and technology of creating...
2EnglishtechnologyThe organization of knowledge for practical...
3Ancient Greekτεχνολογίαsystematic treatment of grammar
4Ancient Greekτεχνολόγοςtreating by rules of art; writer on the art of...
5Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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