Etymology

panchromium

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Today it means: An early proposed name for the element vanadium Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρῶμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρῶμα“color”
  2. English todaypanchromium

From pan- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ium.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρῶμα all →

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