Etymology

nanometal

N1A1N1O1M3E1T1A1L1

Today it means: A metallic nanoparticle. Full definition →

English metal ← Middle English metal ← Old French meta
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Latinmetallum
  5. Old Frenchmeta
  6. Middle Englishmetal
  7. Englishmetal
  8. English todaynanometal

From nano- + metal.

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