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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

  1. synchronicity, the state of two or more events...

Ancestry of “synchrony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσύνbeside, with
2Ancient GreekπατρίςThe place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,...
3Ancient Greekπᾰτήρfather
4Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
5Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “synchrony”

  • dyssynchrony
  • hypersynchrony
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