-chromecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. autochrome n. and adj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin -chromos; Greek -χρωμος.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin -chromos (in e.g. achromos : see achromic adj.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek -χρωμος (in e.g. δίχρωμος two-coloured: see dichromic adj.) < ancient Greek χρῶμα colour (see chrome n.). Compare French -chrome (in e.g. monochrome monochrome n., polychrome polychrome adj.), German -chrom (forming nouns, e.g. Polychrom polychrome n., Rhodochrom (see rhodochrome n. at rhodo- comb. form ), and forming adjectives, e.g. cytochrom cytochrome adj.). With use forming adjectives compare -chromic comb. form. Compare also -chromy comb. form and -chromism comb. form.Attested earliest in an isolated borrowing < Italian (see monochrome n.). Formations within English are found from at least the beginning of the 19th cent. (e.g. polychrome n., metrochrome n.); adjective formations without a corresponding earlier noun are found from at least the middle of the 19th cent. (e.g. lithochrome adj.).

Forming nouns denoting coloured objects, colouring processes, and colouring agents of the type specified by the first element. Also: forming adjectives designating such things, processes, or agents.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-chrome
释义	-chromecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. autochrome n. and adj. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin -chromos; Greek -χρωμος. Etymology: < post-classical Latin -chromos (in e.g. achromos : see achromic adj.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek -χρωμος (in e.g. δίχρωμος two-coloured: see dichromic adj.) < ancient Greek χρῶμα colour (see chrome n.). Compare French -chrome (in e.g. monochrome monochrome n., polychrome polychrome adj.), German -chrom (forming nouns, e.g. Polychrom polychrome n., Rhodochrom (see rhodochrome n. at rhodo- comb. form ), and forming adjectives, e.g. cytochrom cytochrome adj.). With use forming adjectives compare -chromic comb. form. Compare also -chromy comb. form and -chromism comb. form.Attested earliest in an isolated borrowing < Italian (see monochrome n.). Formations within English are found from at least the beginning of the 19th cent. (e.g. polychrome n., metrochrome n.); adjective formations without a corresponding earlier noun are found from at least the middle of the 19th cent. (e.g. lithochrome adj.). Forming nouns denoting coloured objects, colouring processes, and colouring agents of the type specified by the first element. Also: forming adjectives designating such things, processes, or agents. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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