Where does “orthochromatophilic” come from?

orthochromatophilic (English) comes from English chromatophilic, from English -philic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

orthochromatophilic (English): Describing an erythroblast, derived from a polychromatophilic one, that is approaching the colour of a mature erythrocyte

Definitions

  1. Describing an erythroblast, derived from a polychromatophilic one, that is approaching the colour of a mature erythrocyte

Ancestry of “orthochromatophilic”, step by step

orthochromatophilic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chromatophilic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchromatophilicBeing readily stained
2English-philicSynonym of -philous
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ortho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorthoAn isomer of a benzene derivative having two...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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