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Where does “fuscus” come from?

fuscus (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

fuscus (Latin): dark, dim, dimly lit; black, brown; husky, hoarse

Definitions

  1. dark, dim, dimly lit; black, brown; husky, hoarse

Ancestry of “fuscus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “fuscus”

  • obfuscation
  • lipofuscin
  • lipofuscinosis
  • fuscous
  • infuscate
  • bilifuscin
  • fuscin
  • deobfuscation
  • lipofuscinogenesis
  • fuscation
  • effuscate
  • subfuscous
  • infusco
  • fuscicostus
  • obfusco
  • infuscatus
  • fuscitarsis
  • fuscare
  • fuscipes
  • fusco
  • fusciceps
  • effusco
  • suffuscus
  • infuscans
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