Where does “fuscin” come from?

fuscin (English) comes from Latin Fuscus, from Latin fuscus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fuscin (English): A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the...

Definitions

  1. A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the...

Ancestry of “fuscin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFuscusswarthy, dusky, dark
2Latinfuscusdark, dim, dimly lit; black, brown; husky, hoarse
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fuscin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Latin fuscus →Every word from Latin Fuscus →