Etymograph

English

fluorochrome

From fluoro- + -chrome.

Formed from fluoro + chrome

Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə

Ancient Greek χρῶμα ‘skin’

French chrome ‘chromium’

English chrome

Today it means

noun Any of various fluorescent dyes used to stain biological material before microscopic examination

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fluorochrome