Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holochroal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
holochroal
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English holochroal From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”) + English -al.

Questions

What does holochroal mean?
Having compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by shallow scleral walls; corneal membrane ends at lens edge
Where does holochroal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English holochroal From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”) + English -al.

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