Etymograph

English

leptonema

Leptonema comes from Ancient Greek λεπτός ‘peeled, husked (of grain)’, and goes back to λέπω ‘I peel’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέπω‘I peel’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλεπτόςleptós‘peeled, husked (of grain)’
  3. Englishtodayleptonema

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέπω‘I peel’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλεπτόςleptós‘peeled, husked (of grain)’
  3. Englishtodayleptonema

A compound of lepto- ‘thin’ + -nema ‘filiform structure’

Ancient Greek λέπω ‘I peel’

Ancient Greek λεπτός ‘thin’

English lepto-

Linked words

through Ancient Greek λέπω ‘I peel’

leper, lemma, 15 more

through Ancient Greek λεπτός ‘peeled, husked (of grain)’

leptin, 1 more

Today it means

noun The stage during meiosis Prophase 1 where the chromosomes condense after S-phase and interphase, resulting in the recombination of haploid chromosome pairs with sister chromatids held by a single non-dividing centromeres, and followed by the zygotene stage.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek λέπω / leptonema

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