Where does “leptus” come from?

leptus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek λεπτός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

leptus (Latin): thin, slender

Definitions

  1. thin, slender

Ancestry of “leptus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλεπτόςpeeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean
2Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
3Proto-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 λεπτός →