Where does “лептонный” come from?

лептонный (Russian) comes from Russian лепто́н, from Ancient Greek λεπτόν, from Ancient Greek λεπτός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

лептонный (Russian): lepton; leptonic

Definitions

  1. lepton; leptonic

Ancestry of “лептонный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianлепто́нlepton
2Ancient Greekλεπτόνneuter nominative singular of λεπτός; neuter...
3Ancient Greekλεπτόςpeeled, husked; fine-grained; thin, lean
4Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τόςEvery word from Ancient Greek λεπτός