Etymograph

English

nanodimension

Nanodimension comes from English dimension ‘extent’, from Latin dīmēnsiō ‘measuring (out)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mētisreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmētior‘to measure or estimate’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīmētior‘to measure (out or off)’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīmēnsiō‘measuring (out)’
  6. English1500–presentdimension‘extent’
  7. Englishtodaynanodimension

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meh₁-‘to measure’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*mētisreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmētior‘to measure or estimate’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīmētior‘to measure (out or off)’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdīmēnsiō‘measuring (out)’
  6. English1500–presentdimension‘extent’
  7. Englishtodaynanodimension

A compound of nano- + dimension ‘extent’

Ancient Greek νᾶνος ‘dwarf’

Latin nānus ‘dwarf’

English nano-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

Proto-Italic *mētis

Latin mētior ‘to measure or estimate’

Latin dīmētior ‘to measure (out or off)’

Latin dīmēnsiō ‘measuring (out)’

English dimension

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’

month, moon, moral, meal, sunny, meter, metric, metre, meta, moody, menstrual, asymmetry, madder, metrology, mete, metis, metra, firman, moodiness, menses, 62 more

through Proto-Italic *mētis

commensal, 18 more

through Latin mētior ‘to measure or estimate’

measure, immense, mesa, commensurate, mensa, 19 more

through English dimension ‘extent’

dimensional, dimensionless, 6 more

Today it means

noun A nanoscale dimension (extent, size)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- / nanodimension

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