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Where does the word "chronology" come from? It comes from Greek khronos, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
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Where does the word "chronology" come from? It comes from Greek khronos, and was adopted directly into English (1500s).
Chronology’s story begins in Greek: khronos meant “time.” Time, combined with logos (study) for the ordering of time. It reached English by 1500s as chronology. Settled as the word for the arrangement of events in time. Today, chronology means the arrangement of events in the order they occurred.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient khronos "time", time, combined with logos (study) for the ordering of time.
- Stage 2 · English · 1500s chronology "the arrangement of events by date", settled as the word for the arrangement of events in time.