Where does “pheomelanosome” come from?

pheomelanosome (English) comes from English melanosome, from English some, from Middle English som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

pheomelanosome (English): A reddish-brown melanosome

Definitions

  1. A reddish-brown melanosome

Ancestry of “pheomelanosome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmelanosomeAny organelle that contains melanin
2EnglishsomeA certain number, at least two; An indefinite...
3Middle Englishsomsome
4Old Englishsumsome
5Proto-West Germanic*sumsome
6Proto-Germanicsumazsome (one), a certain (one)
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sumaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sum →