Etymology

nanofilament

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Today it means: A nanoscale filament. Full definition →

English filament ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  5. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  6. Latinfīlum
  7. Late Latinfīlō
  8. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  9. Englishfilament
  10. English todaynanofilament

From nano- + filament.

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