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Where does “लिप्ता” come from?

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

लिप्ता (Sanskrit): an arcminute

Definitions

  1. an arcminute

Ancestry of “लिप्ता”, step by step

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