English
fuscin
Fuscin comes from Latin fuscus ‘dark-colored, tawny’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- ‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰwes-‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰus-ko-s‘dark-colored’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuscus‘dark-colored, tawny’
- Englishtodayfuscin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰwes-‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰus-ko-s‘dark-colored’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfuscus‘dark-colored, tawny’
- Englishtodayfuscin
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- ‘to breathe, inhale, exhale’
through Latin fuscus ‘dark-colored, tawny’
Today it means
noun A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- / fuscin