Where does “λεπτός” come from?
λεπτός (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λεπτός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
λεπτός (Greek): thin, skinny, slim; flimsy; delicate, refined
Definitions
- thin, skinny, slim; flimsy; delicate, refined
Ancestry of “λεπτός”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | λεπτός | peeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “λεπτός”