Etymology

fuscin

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Today it means: A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin. Full definition →

Latin fuscus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromfuscus“dark-colored, tawny”
  2. English todayfuscin

From Latin fuscus (“dark-colored, tawny”) + -in.

Words from the same roots

Latinfuscus all →

indifuscin

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