The story
- Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
- Ancient Greekχρονικός (khronikós)
- Latinchronicus
- Old Frenchcronike
- Englishchronical
- English todaychronic
From chronical, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, chron- + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchcronike all →
chronicle
Ancient Greekχρονικός all →
chronicle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.