Etymology

nanodevice

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Today it means: Any manufactured device whose scale is measured in nanometers. Full definition →

English device ← Middle English devis ← Old French devis
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Latindis-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  9. Proto-Italic*wiðō
  10. Latin*vidō
  11. Latindīvidō
  12. Latindīvīsus
  13. Old Frenchdevis
  14. Middle Englishdevis
  15. Englishdevice
  16. English todaynanodevice

From nano- + device.

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