Where does “melanoma” come from?
Melanoma derives from Ancient Greek -μα, itself from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥, a suffix forming abstract nouns denoting the result or product of an action.
melanoma (English): A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising...
Definitions
- A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising...
Ancestry of “melanoma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | oma | grandmother, grandma |
| 2 | Tibetan | འོ་མ | — |
| 3 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
Words derived from “melanoma”