Etymology

nanoscale

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Today it means: On a scale measured in nanometers. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  6. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  7. Latinscāla
  8. Middle Englishscale
  9. Englishscale
  10. English todaynanoscale

From nano- + scale.

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