Etymology

chrysosperm

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Today it means: The seed of gold; an alchemical means of creating gold. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρυσός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρυσός“gold”
  2. English todaychrysosperm

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed, semen”), equivalent to chryso- + sperm.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρυσός all →

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