The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχρόνος“time”
- French · derived fromchronomètre“metronome”
- English todaychronometer
From chrono- + -meter, possibly after the model of earlier French chronomètre (“metronome”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “meter, measuring device”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχρόνος all →
chronologycroncrontabchronosisochronouscronjobchronaxiechronemechrono-chronoclasmchronogramchronomentrophobiachronometricchronometricschronometrychronophobiachronosome-chronouscrono-parachronic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.