The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχλωρός“pale green”
- New Latin · derived fromchlorella
- taxonomic name · borrowed fromChlorella
- English todaychlorella
A use as a common noun of the genus name taxonomic name Chlorella, from New Latin chlorella, from chlōrus + -ella (“diminutive”), from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχλωρός all →
chlorinechloasmachlorastrolitechloremiachlorenchymachloro-chloroxiphitechrysochlore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.