-chromiccomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin -chromos ;, -ic suffix; Greek -χρωμος , -ic suffix; -chrome comb. form, -ic suffix.

Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin -chromos or its etymon ancient Greek -χρωμος (see -chrome comb. form) + -ic suffix; in later use < -chrome comb. form + -ic suffix. Compare French -chromique (apparently rare; in e.g. photochromique photochromic adj.). Compare -chrome comb. form, -chromism comb. form, and -chromy comb. form.Earliest attested in achromic adj. Formations within English are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent.

Forming adjectives designating coloured objects, colouring processes and agents, and phenomena relating to colour, as achromic adj., metachromic adj.², normochromic adj., etc. Cf. -chrome comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-chromic
释义	-chromiccomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin -chromos ;, -ic suffix; Greek -χρωμος , -ic suffix; -chrome comb. form, -ic suffix. Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin -chromos or its etymon ancient Greek -χρωμος (see -chrome comb. form) + -ic suffix; in later use < -chrome comb. form + -ic suffix. Compare French -chromique (apparently rare; in e.g. photochromique photochromic adj.). Compare -chrome comb. form, -chromism comb. form, and -chromy comb. form.Earliest attested in achromic adj. Formations within English are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent. Forming adjectives designating coloured objects, colouring processes and agents, and phenomena relating to colour, as achromic adj., metachromic adj.², normochromic adj., etc. Cf. -chrome comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form
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