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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

  1. monochrome; boring, monotonous

Ancestry of “monocrom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmonochromemonochrome
2Ancient Greekμονόχρωμος—
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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