Chryso
/ˈkrɪs.oʊ/noun
A combining form meaning "gold" or "golden," used in scientific and technical terms.
Did you know?Chryso- comes from Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrysós), the same gold-root that gave us chrysolite, chrysanthemum, and chrysalis—words that still carry the shine of something precious or transformed.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰer-s-
“a root associated with shining or yellow-gold color”
Ancient Greek
Greek
χρυσός (khrysós)
“gold; gold ornament”
Late Latin
Latin
chryso-
“combining form meaning gold, from Greek scientific and learned usage”
Modern English
English
chryso-
“combining form used in learned compounds relating to gold”
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