Where does “malpigmentation” come from?

malpigmentation (English) comes from English pigmentation, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

malpigmentation (English): Unusual or uncharacteristic pigmentation

Definitions

  1. Unusual or uncharacteristic pigmentation

Ancestry of “malpigmentation”, step by step

malpigmentation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pigmentation

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-ationation
5Latin-ātiō
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
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

via English mal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmalillness, affliction; A longboard; Malleolus
2Frenchmaltrouble, difficulty; pain; evil
3Old Frenchmalevilly; badly; poorly; evil
4Latinmalleushammer, mallet; a disease of animals; the...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-no-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ
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