oligochrome etymology

English word oligochrome comes from English -chrome (Having a specified colour. Various pigments.), English oligo- (Few.)

Detailed word origin of oligochrome

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-chrome English (eng) Having a specified colour. Various pigments.
oligo- English (eng) Few.
oligochrome English (eng) (arts) Using only a few colours.

Words with the same origin as oligochrome

Descendants of -chrome
Kodachrome adrenochrome aulochrome autochrome cytochrome endochrome fluorochrome haemachrome heliochrome hemochrome lipochrome metallochrome metrochrome phycochrome phytochrome polychrome retinochrome spinochrome stereochrome thermochrome trichrome urochrome xanthochrome zoochrome
Descendants of oligo-
diphosphooligosaccharide fructooligosaccharide oligoarginine oligochitosan oligoclase oligoclonal oligocone oligocrystalline oligodynamic oligolecithal oligomania oligopeptidase oligopeptide oligopetalous oligopotency oligopotent oligopsony oligopyrimidine oligosemy oligosialic oligosilane oligosome oligosymptomatic oligotrophic