nanus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos, “dwarf”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.nus/, [ˈnäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.nus/, [ˈnäːnus]

nānus m (genitive nānī); second declension

1. dwarf
2. (transferred) small horse

Second-declension noun.

• pūmilus

• nāna

• Asturian: nanu
• Catalan: nan
• → English: nano-
• French: nain
• Galician: anano
• Italian: nano
• Portuguese: anão
• Romanian: nan
• Sardinian: nanu
• Sicilian: nanu
• Spanish: enano

• “nanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• annus

From Proto-Samic *nënōs.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈnanuːs/

nanus (comparative nannosit, superlative nannoseamọs)

1. firm, strong
2. stable, solid, secure
3. steadfast

• nanosmit

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland