Etymology

nanoelement

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Today it means: An individual element of a nanosystem Full definition →

English element ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishelement
  5. English todaynanoelement

From nano- + element.

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