Etymograph

English

geochronometry

From geo- + chrono- + -metry.

A compound of geo- + chrono- + -metry

Proto-Hellenic *gaya

Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’

English geo-

Ancient Greek χρόνος ‘time’

English chrono-

Today it means

noun the science of the measurement of the age of rocks etc. based on the radioactive decay of naturally occurring isotopes

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / geochronometry