Etymology

anachronistic

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Today it means: Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time. Full definition →

English anachronist ← New Latin anachronismus ← Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós)
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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. Englishanachronism
  11. Englishanachronist
  12. English todayanachronistic

From anachronist + -ic.

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