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- Ancient Greek · derived fromεὔχλωρος“greenish”
- English todayeuchloric
From Ancient Greek εὔχλωρος (eúkhlōros, “greenish”), from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”). Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.