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Where does “melanogenetic” come from?

melanogenetic (English) comes from English genetic, from Ancient Greek γενετικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

melanogenetic (English): Relating to melanogenesis

Definitions

  1. Relating to melanogenesis

Ancestry of “melanogenetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeneticRelating to genetics or genes; Caused by genes;...
2Ancient Greekγενετικός—
3Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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