Nano
[ˈnænoʊ]Meaning
from Latin nānus and Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), both "dwarf"
Background Story
A contributor's submission to Behind the Name records Nano as a given name in Irish, Georgian and Japanese, where it is feminine, and in Greenlandic and Spanish, where it is masculine. The English word nano derives from nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos), a dwarf.
Temperament
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