Etymology

femtoengineering

Today it means: Engineering subatomic particles by manipulating quarks. Full definition →

English engineering ← Danish femten ← Old Norse fimmtán
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Germanic*fimf
  3. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  4. Proto-Germanic*tehun
  5. Proto-Germanic*fimftehun
  6. Old Norsefimmtán
  7. Danishfemten
  8. Englishfemto-
  9. Englishengineering
  10. English todayfemtoengineering

From femto- + engineering.

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