Where does “Leptospira” come from?

Leptospira (Translingual) comes from Latin spira, from French trompe, from Middle French trompe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish trumpa — trump, trumpet; trumpet.

Leptospira (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Leptospira”, step by step

Leptospira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin spira

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspiraA thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound; A...
2Frenchtrompetrumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch
3Middle Frenchtrompe—
4Old Frenchtrompetrump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet
5Frankishtrumpatrump, trumpet; trumpet

via Ancient Greek λεπτός

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

Words derived from “Leptospira”

Every word from Frankish trumpa →Every word from Old French trompe →Every word from Middle French trompe →