English
allochroous
Allochroous comes from Ancient Greek ἀλλόχροος ‘changed in color’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλλόχροοςallókhroos‘changed in color’
- Englishtodayallochroous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλλόχροοςallókhroos‘changed in color’
- Englishtodayallochroous
A compound of ἄλλος ‘the other, all others, all besides, the rest’ + χρώς ‘color’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’
Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘the other, all others, all besides, the rest’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀλλόχροος
Today it means
adj Changed in color, as plumage after moulting
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀλλόχροος / allochroous