trichochrome etymology

English word trichochrome comes from English -chrome (Having a specified colour. Various pigments.), English tricho- (Forming words related to hair.)

Detailed word origin of trichochrome

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-chrome English (eng) Having a specified colour. Various pigments.
tricho- English (eng) Forming words related to hair.
trichochrome English (eng) (biochemistry) Any of a class of pigments related to melanin and found in human hair.

Words with the same origin as trichochrome

Descendants of -chrome
Kodachrome adrenochrome aulochrome autochrome cytochrome endochrome fluorochrome haemachrome heliochrome hemochrome lipochrome metallochrome metrochrome oligochrome phycochrome phytochrome polychrome retinochrome spinochrome stereochrome thermochrome trichrome urochrome xanthochrome zoochrome
Descendants of tricho-
hypotrichosis trichobezoar trichoblast trichocyte trichodynia trichogen trichoid trichomaniac trichomycosis trichopathophobia trichophagia trichophile trichophilia trichophobia trichophyte trichophytic trichophytosis trichoscalid trichoscopy