Where does “chorochromatic” come from?
chorochromatic (English) comes from English chromatic, from English chromatin, from German Chromatin, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
chorochromatic (English): Having regions of different colours that indicate the distribution of some resource or characteristic
Definitions
- Having regions of different colours that indicate the distribution of some resource or characteristic
Ancestry of “chorochromatic”, step by step
chorochromatic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chromatic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chromatic | Relating to or characterised by hue; Having the... |
| 2 | English | chromatin | A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the... |
| 3 | German | Chromatin | chromatin |
| 4 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |