Etymology

chronogeometry

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Today it means: A form of relativistic geometry in which time is considered as a form of spatial coordinate Full definition →

English geometry ← Middle English gemetry ← Old French geometrie
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  2. Englishchrono-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  4. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  5. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  6. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  9. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  10. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  11. Latingeōmetria
  12. Old Frenchgeometrie
  13. Middle Englishgemetry
  14. Englishgeometry
  15. English todaychronogeometry

From chrono- + geometry.

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