Where does “monocrom” come from?
monocrom (Romanian) comes from French monochrome, from Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
monocrom (Romanian): monochrome; boring, monotonous
Definitions
- monochrome; boring, monotonous
Ancestry of “monocrom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | monochrome | monochrome |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μονόχρωμος | of one color |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |