Etymology

chronogram

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Today it means: A sentence or inscription whose letters, when interpreted according to a system (such as Roman numerals) in which letters correspond to numeric values, stand for a particular date (usually the date of inscription) when rearranged. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρόνος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρόνος“time”
  2. English todaychronogram

From chrono- + -gram, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρόνος all →

chronologycroncrontabchronoschronometerisochronouscronjobchronaxiechronemechrono-chronoclasmchronomentrophobiachronometricchronometricschronometrychronophobiachronosome-chronouscrono-parachronic

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