Etymology

nanotubule

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Today it means: A nanosized tubule Full definition →

English tubule ← Latin tubulu ← Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Latintubulu
  5. Englishtubule
  6. English todaynanotubule

From nano- + tubule.

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