Etymology

nanosiemens

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Today it means: A unit of electrical conductance equal to 10⁻⁹ siemens Full definition →

English siemens ← Latin nānus ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishsiemens
  5. English todaynanosiemens

From nano- + siemens.

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