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Where does “slepton” come from?

slepton (English) 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.

slepton (English): A hypothetical boson superpartner of a lepton...

Definitions

  1. A hypothetical boson superpartner of a lepton...

Ancestry of “slepton”, 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

Words derived from “slepton”

  • antislepton
  • sleptonic
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