The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχλωρός“green”
- English todaychlorenchyma
From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) (in reference to chloroplast) + -enchyma.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχλωρός all →
chlorinechlorellachloasmachlorastrolitechloremiachloro-chloroxiphitechrysochlore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.