Etymology

chronograph

chron·o·graph
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Ancient Greek χρονογράφος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρονογράφος“chronicler”
  2. English todaychronograph

From Ancient Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos, “chronicler”). Equivalent to chrono- + -graph.

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