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

  1. A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising...

Ancestry of “melanoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishomagrandmother, grandma
2Tibetanའོ་མmilk
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “melanoma”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →Every word from Tibetan འོ་མ →