Where does “ολόχρυσος” come from?

ολόχρυσος (Greek) comes from Greek χρυσός, from Byzantine Greek χρυσός, from Ancient Greek χρυσοῦς, from Ancient Greek χρύσεος, from Ancient Greek χρῡσός — gold.

ολόχρυσος (Greek): made entirely out of gold

Definitions

  1. made entirely out of gold

Ancestry of “ολόχρυσος”, step by step

ολόχρυσος traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek χρυσός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekχρυσόςgold; money, currency, cash; wealth, riches
2Byzantine Greekχρυσόςgold; something dear or precious; a gold coin
3Ancient GreekχρυσοῦςAttic form of χρῡ́σεος
4Ancient Greekχρύσεοςgolden, made of gold, decked or inlaid with gold;...
5Ancient Greekχρῡσόςgold

via Greek όλος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekόλοςwhole, entire; all
2Ancient Greekὅλοςwhole, entire, perfect, complete; absolute,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂wós
4Proto-Indo-Europeansōlh₂-mercy, comfort; comfort, mercy

via Ancient Greek ὁλόχρυσος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὁλόχρυσοςmade or consisting of pure solid gold; entirely golden
Every word from Ancient Greek χρῡσόςEvery word from Ancient Greek χρύσεοςEvery word from Ancient Greek χρυσοῦς