Etymology · Ancient Greek
λεπτός
6 English words descend from Ancient Greek λεπτός, most common first.
- leptinA protein hormone produced in adipose tissue; it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism.
- leptonA coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent).
- leptospiraAny bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
- lepto-thin, fine, narrow, slender
- leptocephalusThe flat, transparent larva of an eel, originally thought to be a distinct species.
- leptolithicUpper Paleolithic.