Where does “leptostracan” come from?

leptostracan (English) comes from English -án, from Middle English -an.

leptostracan (English): Any crustacean of the order Leptostraca

Definitions

  1. Any crustacean of the order Leptostraca

Ancestry of “leptostracan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ánOf or pertaining to;. Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a
2Middle English-an—
Every word from Middle English -an →Every word from English -án →