Etymology

fucoxanthin

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Today it means: A carotenoid pigment found in the chloroplasts of brown algae. Full definition →

Latin fūcus ← Ancient Greek φῦκος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφῦκος“seaweed”
  2. Latin · derived fromfūcus
  3. English todayfucoxanthin

From Latin fūcus (from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed”)) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -in.

Words from the same roots

Latinfūcus all →

fucosefucosterol

Ancient Greekφῦκος all →

fucusfucivorefucivorousfucoidphyco-phycophaein

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