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From the Online Etymology Dictionary:

chromosome (n.) 1889, from German Chromosom, coined 1888 by German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921), from Latinized form of Greek khroma "color" (seechroma) + soma "body" (see somato-). So called because the structures contain a substance that stains readily with basic dyes.

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