Etymology

nanotoxicology

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Today it means: the toxicology of nanoparticles Full definition →

English toxicology ← French toxicologie ← Latin nānus
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Frenchtoxicologie
  5. Englishtoxicology
  6. English todaynanotoxicology

From nano- + toxicology.

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