Etymology

nanoring

N1A1N1O1R1I1N1G2

Today it means: A ring of crystalline material having a diameter measured on the nanoscale. Full definition →

English ring ← Middle English ryng ← Old English hring
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hring
  5. Old Englishhring
  6. Middle Englishryng
  7. Englishring
  8. English todaynanoring

From nano- + ring.

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