The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλεπτός“thin”
- translingual · derived fromLeptospira
- English todayleptospira
From translingual Leptospira, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλεπτός all →
leptinleptonlepto-leptocephalusleptolithic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.