Etymology of the English word melatonin
the English word
melatoninderived from the English word
melanocyteusing the English suffix
-cyteusing the English prefix
melano-derived from the Late Greek word
melas, μέλας (black)
derived from the Greek prefix
melan-, μελαν-
derived from the English word
serotoninusing the English prefix
sero-derived from the English word
tonederived from the Latin word
tonus (tone, degree of light, shade; tone, pitch, note)
derived from the Medieval Greek word
tonos, τόνος
derived from the Greek word
teino, τείνω
using the English suffix
-inusing the English suffix
-inusing the Greek suffix
-inderived from the Greek word
toneDate
The earliest known usage of melatonin in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
