Etymology

achronic

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Today it means: Timeless. Full definition →

English chronic ← Old French cronike ← Latin chronicus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  7. Ancient Greekχρονικός (khronikós)
  8. Latinchronicus
  9. Old Frenchcronike
  10. Englishchronical
  11. Englishchronic
  12. English todayachronic

From a- + chronic.

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