Where does “chrome” come from?
chrome (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian chromy, from Proto-Slavic xromъ, from Proto-Indo-European sromos.
chrome (Lower Sorbian): inflection of chromy:
## neuter...
Definitions
- inflection of chromy:
## neuter...
Ancestry of “chrome”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | chromy | lame |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | xromъ | lame, crippled |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sromos | — |