Etymology

nanocurie

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Today it means: A unit of radioactivity equal to 10⁻⁹ curie Full definition →

English curie ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishcurie
  5. English todaynanocurie

From nano- + curie.

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