Where does “lepto-” come from?

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

lepto- (Translingual): thin, narrow

Definitions

  1. thin, narrow

Ancestry of “lepto-”, 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

Words derived from “lepto-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -τός →Every word from Ancient Greek λεπτός →