Etymology

nanodiamond

N1A1N1O1D2I1A1M3O1N1D2

Today it means: A nanoscale fragment of diamond Full definition →

English diamond ← Middle English dyamaunt ← Old French diamant
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*né
  5. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  7. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*demh₂-
  9. Ancient Greekδαμνάω (damnáō)?
  10. Ancient Greekἀδάμας (adámas)
  11. Latinadamās
  12. Late Latindiamās
  13. Old Frenchdiamant
  14. Middle Englishdyamaunt
  15. Englishdiamond
  16. English todaynanodiamond

From nano- + diamond.

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