English
anachronize
Anachronize comes from New Latin anachronismus ‘anachronism’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἀναχρονίζομαι ‘referring to the wrong time’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀναχρονίζομαιanakhronízomai‘referring to the wrong time’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναχρονισμόςanakhronismós‘an anachronism’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900anachronismus‘anachronism’
- Englishearliest quotation 1873anachronize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀναχρονίζομαιanakhronízomai‘referring to the wrong time’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναχρονισμόςanakhronismós‘an anachronism’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900anachronismus‘anachronism’
- Englishearliest quotation 1873anachronize
Earliest quotation: 1873, James Russell Lowell, Shakespeare Once More: “The only fair comparison would be between him and…”
A compound of ἀνά ‘up against’ + χρονίζω ‘spending time’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Hellenic *aná ‘up, upon’
Ancient Greek ἀνά ‘up against’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- ‘to seize, enclose’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰr-ono-
Ancient Greek χρόνος ‘time’
Ancient Greek χρονίζω ‘spending time’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονίζομαι
Today it means
verb To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀναχρονίζομαι / anachronize