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Where does “hyperpigmentation” come from?

Hyperpigmentation derives from English pigmentation, which combines English pigment with the suffix -mentum from Latin, ultimately tracing through Proto-Indo-European roots upo and upér meaning "over" or "above."

hyperpigmentation (English): The darkening of an area of skin or nails, caused...

Definitions

  1. The darkening of an area of skin or nails, caused...

Ancestry of “hyperpigmentation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpigmentationColoration of human, plant or animal tissue,...
2English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
3Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
4Old French-ation-ation
5Latin-ātiō—
6Latin-tiō—
7Latindissertātiō—
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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