Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eumelanin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: eu-me-lanin
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark brown pigment related to melanin

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- English melanin English eumelanin From eu- + melanin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

eumelanins (plural)

Derived Forms

eumelaninogenesis

Frequently Paired Words

pheomelanin

Questions

What does eumelanin mean?: A dark brown pigment related to melanin
Where does eumelanin come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- English melanin English eumelanin From eu- + melanin.

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