Etymology

nanosystem

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Today it means: Any physical system that is engineered at the nano scale Full definition →

English system ← Middle French systeme ← Late Latin systēma
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  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  7. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  8. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  9. Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  12. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  13. Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
  14. Ancient Greekσῠνῐ́στημῐ (sŭnĭ́stēmĭ)
  15. Ancient Greekσύστημα (sústēma)
  16. Late Latinsystēma
  17. Middle Frenchsysteme
  18. Englishsystem
  19. English todaynanosystem

From nano- + system.

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