Where does “monocromia” come from?

monocromia (Italian) comes from Italian cromia — tone or shade of colour.

monocromia (Italian): monochromy

Definitions

  1. monochromy

Ancestry of “monocromia”, step by step

monocromia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cromia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancromiatone or shade of colour

via Italian mono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmonosingle
Every word from Italian cromia
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