Where does “melanopsin” come from?

melanopsin (English) comes from English opsin, from English rhodopsin, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

melanopsin (English): Any of a class of photopigment found in the...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of photopigment found in the...

Ancestry of “melanopsin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishopsinAny of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the...
2EnglishrhodopsinA light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the...
3Ancient Greekὄψιςview
4Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
5Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “melanopsin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄψ →
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