Etymology

nanoslit

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Today it means: A nanoscale slit Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Englishslit
  5. English todaynanoslit

From nano- + slit.

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