English

nanometer

From nano- + meter.

A compound of nano- + meter

Ancient Greek νᾶνος ‘dwarf’

Latin nānus ‘dwarf’

English nano-

Middle English metere ‘one who measures, measurer’

English meter

Today it means

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Etymograph / nanometer

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