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Where does “λεπτός” come from?

λεπτός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

λεπτός (Ancient Greek): peeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean

Definitions

  1. peeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean

Ancestry of “λεπτός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “λεπτός”

  • leptin
  • lepton
  • leptospirosis
  • leptonic
  • leptokurtic
  • semileptonic
  • dilepton
  • leptogenesis
  • leptokurtosis
  • leptostracan
  • slepton
  • leptonically
  • leptospira
  • hyperleptinemia
  • antilepton
  • hypoleptinemia
  • leptokurtotic
  • dileptonic
  • leptospiremia
  • leptoquark
  • leptosporangiate
  • leptosome
  • leptogenic
  • leptomorphic
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