Etymology

Zoechrome

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Ancient Greek ζωή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromζωή“life”
  2. English todayZoechrome

Former trade name, presumably from Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) and χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.