Where does “leptó” come from?

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

leptó (Catalan): lepton

Definitions

  1. lepton

Ancestry of “leptó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleptonA coin used since ancient times in Greece,...
2Ancient Greekλεπτόνneuter nominative singular of λεπτός; neuter...
3Ancient Greekλεπτόςpeeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean
4Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τόςEvery word from Ancient Greek λεπτός