Where does “λεφτά” come from?
λεφτά (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λεπτόν, from Ancient Greek λεπτός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
λεφτά (Greek): money, cash; wealth, financial estate;...
Definitions
- money, cash; wealth, financial estate;...
Ancestry of “λεφτά”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | λεπτόν | neuter nominative singular of λεπτός; neuter... |
| 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 |