English

eumelanosome

From eu- + melanosome.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- ‘good’

Proto-Hellenic *ehu- ‘good’

Ancient Greek ἐΰς ‘good, brave, noble’

Ancient Greek εὖ ‘well, good’

English eu-

Today it means

noun A brownish-black melanosome.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / eumelanosome