Where does “chromoleucite” come from?
chromoleucite (English) comes from English leucite, from English -ite, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
chromoleucite (English): A chromoplastid
Definitions
- A chromoplastid
Ancestry of “chromoleucite”, step by step
chromoleucite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English leucite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | leucite | A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and... |
| 2 | English | -ite | Used to form nouns denoting followers or... |
| 3 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 4 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English chromo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chromo | A color print produced by chromolithography; A... |
| 2 | English | chromolithograph | A print made by chromolithography; To create a... |
| 3 | English | lithograph | A printed image produced by lithography; To... |
| 4 | English | lithography | The process of printing an image by drawing the... |
| 5 | German | Lithographie | Alternative spelling of Lithografie |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράφειν | present active infinitive of γρᾰ́φω; writε; to... |