The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνᾶνος“dwarf”
- English todaynannandrium
From Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos, “dwarf”) + ἀνδρός (andrós, “male”) + -ium.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekνᾶνος all →
nano
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nannandrium
Today it means: A small male filament in certain green algae. Full definition →
Ancient Greek νᾶνος