Where does “Melastomataceae” come from?

Melastomataceae (Translingual) comes from English Melastoma, from English mela-, from Ancient Greek Μέλας, from Ancient Greek black.

Melastomataceae (Translingual): family

Definitions

  1. family

Ancestry of “Melastomataceae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMelastomaAny of the genus Melastoma of flowering plants
2Englishmela-black; dark
3Ancient GreekΜέλαςdark in color; sometimes so dark as to lack color, black
4Ancient Greekblack—
Every word from Ancient Greek black →Every word from Ancient Greek Μέλας →Every word from English mela- →