The story
- Latin · derived frompigmentōsus“pigmented, stained”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromξηρός“dry”
- English todayxeroderma pigmentosum
From Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) and Latin pigmentōsus (“pigmented, stained”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekξηρός all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.