The story
- Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
- Latinnānus
- Englishnano-
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Old Frenchmecanique
- Middle Englishmechanic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Middle Englishmechanical
- Englishmechanical
- English todaynanomechanical
From nano- + mechanical.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.