The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνέος“new”
- English todayneochlorophyll
From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekνέος all →
neologismneotericneotenyneologist
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.