Where does “Leptostraca” come from?

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

Leptostraca (Translingual): order

Definitions

  1. order

Ancestry of “Leptostraca”, 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 -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τόςEvery word from Ancient Greek λεπτός
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