Etymology

mesopore

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Today it means: Any pore of moderate size, but especially those between about 2 and 50 nanometers in width Full definition →

English pore ← Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) ← Proto-Hellenic *métsos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. Englishmeso-
  8. Englishpore
  9. English todaymesopore

From meso- + pore.

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