The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκορμός“trunk”
- Latin · derived fromcormus
- English todaynanocormia
From nano- (“dwarf”) + Latin cormus, Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk”).
Words from the same roots
Latincormus all →
cormcormo-
Ancient Greekκορμός all →
cormcormo-cormoidcormophytecormusmacrocormic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.