The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλλος“other”
- English todayallochlorophyll
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄλλος all →
allergyallosaurusallochthonousallocrineallodoxaphobiaallopatryallophylicalloscutumallostasisallotrope
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.