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Where does “antislepton” come from?

antislepton (English) comes from English slepton, 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.

antislepton (English): The antiparticle of a slepton

Definitions

  1. The antiparticle of a slepton

Ancestry of “antislepton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsleptonA hypothetical boson superpartner of a lepton...
2EnglishleptonA coin used since ancient times in Greece,...
3Ancient Greekλεπτόνneuter nominative singular of λεπτός; neuter...
4Ancient Greekλεπτόςpeeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean
5Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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