Where does “melanisme” come from?

melanisme (Catalan) comes from English melano-, from Ancient Greek Μέλας, from Ancient Greek black.

melanisme (Catalan): melanism

Definitions

  1. melanism

Ancestry of “melanisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmelano-melanin
2Ancient GreekΜέλαςdark in color; sometimes so dark as to lack color, black
3Ancient Greekblack—
Every word from Ancient Greek black →