Where does “cromo” come from?
cromo (Spanish) comes from Spanish cromolitografía, from Spanish litografía, from Spanish -grafía, from Ancient Greek -γραφία, from Ancient Greek γραφή, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
cromo (Spanish): chromium; trading card, picture card
Definitions
- chromium; trading card, picture card
Ancestry of “cromo”, step by step
cromo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cromolitografía
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cromolitografía | chromolithography |
| 2 | Spanish | litografía | lithography; lithograph |
| 3 | Spanish | -grafía | -graphy |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -γραφία | writing, drawing; -graphy, writing |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |