Words with the Prefix chrono-

Author: Laura McKinney
Date Of Creation: 10 August 2021
Update Date: 4 May 2024
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Latin and Greek Root Words: Chrono = Time
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The chrono- prefix indicates "time" or "season of the year" and comes from the Greek god Kronos. For example: chronograma, chronometer.

Unlike other prefixes, chrono- can also be used as a suffix. For example: withoutchrono, áchrono.

  • See also: Prefixes (with their meaning)

Examples of words with the prefix chrono-

  1. Chronicle: Journalistic genre that narrates the events in temporal order.
  2. Chronophobia: Fear or phobia of the passage of time.
  3. Chronography: It is a type of literary figure that consists of the description of times.
  4. Chronograph / stopwatch: It is a watch that has great precision and allows to measure fractions of time or very small in order to be the most precise possible in relation to time.
  5. Schedule: Graphic explanation of facts or events over time.
  6. Chronolect: Language used during a certain age range. The most common are the children's chronolect and the youth chronolect.
  7. Chronology: Explanation of facts ordering as they were presented in time.
  8. Chronologist: Person who has knowledge about the facts and their order in time.
  9. Timing: A time measurement type where a stopwatch is used to measure time. It is used in sports or in situations where time must be sequenced during a certain event, for example a sports race.
  10. Chronometrophobia: Irrational fear of clocks.
  11. Chronobiology: It is the study of biological responses to temporal events.
  12. Chronopathology: It is the study of the diseases that a person suffers and that have been contracted during an unfavorable or inappropriate period of time.

See also:


  • Short chronicle
  • Literary chronicle


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