nanoconstrictionnanoconstriction

Nanoconstriction comes from Late Latin cōnstrictiō, from Latin cōnstringō ‘to bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘to twist’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strengʰ-‘to twist’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*stréngʰetireconstructed
3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*strengōreconstructed
4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstringō‘to draw tight together, to tie together’
5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōnstringō‘to bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind’
6. Late Latinmoderncōnstrictiō
7. English1500–presentconstriction
8. Englishtodaynanoconstriction