Chrys
Chrys is a term that appears in both personal naming and in the linguistic formation of words. As a nickname or given-name, it is often used as a shortened form of several Greek-derived names and can also be used independently as a personal name in some contexts.
The root chrys- comes from the Greek khrysos, meaning gold. In English, chrys- or chryso- is a
Notable terms that incorporate the chrys prefix include chrysalis, the pupal stage of butterflies and some
In modern usage, chrys- appears primarily in compound words across biology, botany, mineralogy, and gemology. As