Etymology

isochronous

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Today it means: Happening at regular intervals; isochronal. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἴσος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρόνος“time”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἴσος“equal”
  3. English todayisochronous

From Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἴσος all →

isotropicisothermisobariso-isochronalisochronyisogloss

Ancient Greekχρόνος all →

chronologycroncrontabchronoschronometercronjobchronaxiechronemechrono-chronoclasmchronogramchronomentrophobiachronometricchronometricschronometrychronophobiachronosome-chronouscrono-parachronic

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