English
cholochrome
Cholochrome comes from Ancient Greek χολή ‘bile’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰolh₃-éh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʰolā́‘gall, bile’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχολήkholḗ‘bile’
- Englishtodaycholochrome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰelh₃-‘green, yellow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰolh₃-éh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʰolā́‘gall, bile’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχολήkholḗ‘bile’
- Englishtodaycholochrome
Formed from -chrome
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
gold, fell, yellow, gall, chlorine, gullible, felon, yolk, cholera, glib, gild, zloty, chlorella, 27 more
through Ancient Greek χολή ‘bile’
Today it means
noun bilirubin
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- / cholochrome