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
Ancestry of “cloroplasto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | -plasto | -plast |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πλαστός | molded, formed; formed, moulded; artificial;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |