Etymology

melanofilament

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Today it means: A coil of melanin that develops into a melanotubule and finally a melanosome Full definition →

English filament ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*melh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mélh₂ns
  3. Proto-Hellenic*mélans
  4. Ancient Greekμέλᾱς (mélās)
  5. Englishmelano-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  7. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  8. Latinfīlum
  9. Late Latinfīlō
  10. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  11. Englishfilament
  12. English todaymelanofilament

From melano- + filament.

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