The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῶμα“colour”
- German · borrowed fromChromatin
- English todaychromatin
Borrowed from German Chromatin, from (combining form of) Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + -ινος (-inos, “made of”). Analyzable as chromatic (“of colour”) + -in (“substance”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχρῶμα all →
chromosomechromiumchromachromameterchromo-chromothripsischromuledichromacydichromaticdichromicmonochromacypanchromiumthermochromytrichromacy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.