The story
- Latin · derived fromnigricans“blackish”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄκανθος“thorny flower”
- English todayacanthosis nigricans
Via Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorny flower”) + -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”) + Latin nigricans (“blackish”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄκανθος all →
acanthusacanth-acantho-acanthocarpousacanthokeratodermiaacanthopterygianassfish
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.