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Where does “chronology” come from?

Chronology comes from English -logy combined with chrono-, ultimately from Ancient Greek αἰών meaning "age" or "lifetime," derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyu- meaning "to live" or "to be alive."

chronology (English): the science of determining the order in which...

Definitions

  1. the science of determining the order in which...

Ancestry of “chronology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-logyA branch of learning; a study of a particular...
2French-logie-logy
3Latin-logia-logy; the study of
4Ancient Greek-λογῐ́ᾱ—

Words derived from “chronology”

  • geochronology
  • chronologic
  • dendrochronology
  • chronologist
  • glottochronology
  • thermochronology
  • geochronologic
  • biochronology
  • glottochronological
  • tephrochronology
  • skeletochronology
  • geochronologist
  • biochronologic
  • sclerochronology
  • dendrochronologist
  • radiochronology
  • cosmochronology
  • magnetochronology
  • astrochronology
  • chronologize
  • synchronology
  • nucleocosmochronology
  • glottochronologically
  • radiochronologic
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