Where does “heliochrome” come from?

heliochrome (English) comes from English helio, from English heliotrope, from French héliotrope, from Latin heliotropium, from Ancient Greek ἡλιοτρόπιον, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος, from Ancient Greek τύπτω — to push, to hit.

heliochrome (English): A photograph representing an object in its...

Definitions

  1. A photograph representing an object in its...

Ancestry of “heliochrome”, step by step

heliochrome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English helio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhelioA heliotrope
2EnglishheliotropeA plant that turns so that it faces the sun; A...
3Frenchhéliotropeheliotrope
4Latinheliotropiumheliotrope
5Ancient Greekἡλιοτρόπιονheliotrope; sundial, solar clock; bloodstone, a...
6Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
7Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
8Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
9Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via English chrome

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchromeChromium, when used to plate other metals; The...
2Frenchchromechromium
3Ancient Greekχρῶμαskin (esp. the human body)
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreuto grind, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω