Where does “synchrony” come from?
Synchrony comes from Ancient Greek σύν combined with a root related to time, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European som- and sem-.
synchrony (English): synchronicity, the state of two or more events...
Definitions
- synchronicity, the state of two or more events...
Ancestry of “synchrony”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
Words derived from “synchrony”