Where does “μελάνουρος” come from?
μελάνουρος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μελανός, from Ancient Greek Μέλας, from Ancient Greek black.
μελάνουρος (Ancient Greek): saddled seabream
Ancestry of “μελάνουρος”, step by step
μελάνουρος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek μελανός
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μελανός | black |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Μέλας | dark in color; sometimes so dark as to lack color, black |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | black | — |
via Ancient Greek οὐρά
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | οὐρά | the tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ors- | tail |
Words derived from “μελάνουρος”