Where does “-mel-” come from?

-mel- (English) comes from English melanoma, from English oma, from Tibetan འོ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

-mel- (English): a monoclonal antibody that targets melanomas

Definitions

  1. a monoclonal antibody that targets melanomas

Ancestry of “-mel-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmelanomaA dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising...
2Englishomagrandmother, grandma
3Tibetanའོ་མmilk
4Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
5Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →Every word from Tibetan འོ་མ →