Where does “acromelanism” come from?

acromelanism (English) comes from English acro, from English acrobatic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

acromelanism (English): A form of pigmentation that is only present on the limbs, ears and tails of some cats or rabbits

Definitions

  1. A form of pigmentation that is only present on the limbs, ears and tails of some cats or rabbits

Ancestry of “acromelanism”, step by step

acromelanism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English acro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishacroof or pertaining to something that combines...
2EnglishacrobaticOf or pertaining to an acrobat; vigorously active
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English melanism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmelanismCongenital excess of melanin pigmentation in the...
2Frenchmélanismemelanism
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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