anachronism

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
2. Proto-Hellenic*aná
3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)
5. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
6. Ancient Greekχρονῐ́ζω (khronĭ́zō)
7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰχρονῐ́ζομαι (ănăkhronĭ́zomai)
8. Ancient Greekἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós)
9. New Latinanachronismus
10. English todayanachronism

From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Analyzable as ana- + chrono- + -ism.

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