Ancient Greek

χρόνος

‘time’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Ancient Greek χρόνος.

13 English words in this record descend from Ancient Greek χρόνος, most familiar first.

• chronic ← cronike ← chronicus ← χρονικός
• chronicle ← cronicle ← cronicle ← cronike ← chronica
• synchronous ← synchronus ← σύγχρονος
• crony ← χρόνιος
• synchronize ← συγχρονίζω ← σῠ́γχρονος
• cron
• crontab
• chroneme
• chronophobia
• chronoclasm
• chronomentrophobia
• cronjob

More words from χρόνος

• parachronic

Etymograph / Ancient Greek χρόνος