Where does “kasvipigmentti” come from?
kasvipigmentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pigmentti, from Latin pigmentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
kasvipigmentti (Finnish): phytopigment
Definitions
- phytopigment
Ancestry of “kasvipigmentti”, step by step
kasvipigmentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pigmentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pigmentti | pigment |
| 2 | Latin | pigmentum | A material for coloring; color, paint, pigment,... |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |