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lepton (n.)
elementary particle of small mass, 1948, from Greek
leptos
"small, slight, slender, delicate" (from
lepein
"to peel," from PIE
*lep-
; see
leper
) +
-on
. Also the name of a small coin in ancient Greece, from neuter of
leptos