Where does “leptospira” come from?
leptospira (English) comes from New Latin Leptospira, from Ancient Greek λεπτός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
leptospira (English): Any bacterium of the genus "Leptospira"
Definitions
- Any bacterium of the genus "Leptospira"
Ancestry of “leptospira”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | Leptospira | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λεπτός | peeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |