Etymology

semichronic

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Today it means: subchronic Full definition →

English chronic ← Old French cronike ← Latin chronicus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Latinchronicus
  6. Old Frenchcronike
  7. Englishchronical
  8. Englishchronic
  9. English todaysemichronic

From semi- + chronic.

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