Etymology

chrysochlore

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Today it means: The golden mole. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χλωρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχλωρός“light green”
  2. English todaychrysochlore

From chryso- + Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “light green”). compare French chrysochlore.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχλωρός all →

chlorinechlorellachloasmachlorastrolitechloremiachlorenchymachloro-chloroxiphite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.