Etymology

chronicle

chron·i·cle
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Today it means: A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time. Full definition →

Middle English cronicle ← Anglo-Norman cronicle ← Old French cronike
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρονικός“of or concerning time”
  2. Latin · derived fromchronica
  3. Old French · derived fromcronike
  4. Anglo-Norman · derived fromcronicle
  5. Middle English · inherited fromcronicle
  6. English todaychronicle

From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchcronike all →

chronic

Ancient Greekχρονικός all →

chronic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.