The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῶμα“colour”
- English todaychromothripsis
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) (referring to English chromo(some)) + θρίψις (thrípsis, “shattering into pieces”) (from τρίβω (tríbō, “I rub”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχρῶμα all →
chromosomechromiumchromatinchromachromameterchromo-chromuledichromacydichromaticdichromicmonochromacypanchromiumthermochromytrichromacy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.