chromosome
Meaninga colour body
Common meaning: a gene-carrying structure in a cell
- chromcolour, skinLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 897 · scan
- somthe bodyLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 788 · scan
‘colour, skin’ + ‘the body’ → chromosome
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- chrom — Greek χρῶμα “colour, skin” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- som — Greek σῶμα “the body” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek χρῶμα ‘colour, skin’ + Greek σῶμα ‘the body’.
Did you know (Greek chroma, colour,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry χρῶμα, p. 897 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek soma, the…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry σῶμα, p. 788 · dictionary scan
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