Fuscin
/ˈfʌsɪn/noun
A dark-brown or black pigment occurring in certain animal tissues.
Did you know?Fuscin belongs to the same Latin word-family as *fuscus*, meaning dark or dusky, the source of scientific terms describing deep brown or black coloration.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰews-kos
“Dark, dusky, or shadowed; a reconstructed ancestor associated with darkness.”
Classical Latin
Latin
fuscus
“Dark, dusky, brown-black, or swarthy.”
Late Latin
Latin
fuscīnus
“Dark-colored or related to a dark pigment; formed from *fuscus*.”
19th Century
Scientific Latin
fuscin
“A pigment name used in biological and anatomical description.”
Modern English
English
fuscin
“A dark-brown or black pigment found in certain animal tissues.”