Etymology

parachrose

P3A1R1A1C3H4R1O1S1E1

Today it means: Changing colour by exposure to weather. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρώς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρώς“colour”
  2. English todayparachrose

From para- (“false”) + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “colour”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρώς all →

-chroicerythrochroismisochroousmelanochroicmelanochroous

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