Etymology

nanoflow

N1A1N1O1F4L1O1W4

Today it means: The flow of fluid through a nanoscale device. Full definition →

English flow ← Middle English flowe ← Old English flōwan
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
  10. Old Englishflōwan
  11. Middle Englishflowen
  12. Middle Englishflowe
  13. Englishflow
  14. English todaynanoflow

From nano- + flow.

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