Where does “cloroplasto” come from?

cloroplasto (Italian) comes from Italian -plasto, from Ancient Greek πλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

cloroplasto (Italian): chloroplast

Definitions

  1. chloroplast

Ancestry of “cloroplasto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-plasto-plast
2Ancient Greekπλαστόςmolded, formed; formed, moulded; artificial;...
3Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -τός →Every word from Ancient Greek πλαστός →