Etymology

nanomachine

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Today it means: Any mechanical device, manufactured using nanotechnology, having a scale measured in nanometres. Full definition →

English machine ← Middle French machine ← Latin māchina
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekμηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
  6. Latinmāchina
  7. Middle Frenchmachine
  8. Englishmachine
  9. English todaynanomachine

From nano- + machine.

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