chronogram
English
noun
Definitions
- A sentence or inscription in which the capital letters, interpreted in Roman numerals, stand for a particular date if rearranged.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek χρόνος (time, delay, also lifespan, lifetime).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χρόνος
Gloss
time, delay, also lifespan, lifetime
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chroneme English
- chrono- English
- chronometer English
- chronosome English
- chronotropic English
- parachronic English
- chronologia Latin
- crono- Italian
- crono- Spanish, Castilian
- πολυχρονικός Ancient Greek
- φώνημα Ancient Greek
- χρονίζω Ancient Greek
- χρονικός Ancient Greek
- χρονογράφος Ancient Greek
- χρόνιος Ancient Greek
- χρόνος Ancient Greek
- crono- Portuguese
- iseacrónach Irish
- iseacrónúil Irish
- chrono- Czech
- crono- Catalan, Valencian
- crono- Galician
- χρόνος Greek (modern)
- סונכרן Hebrew (modern)
- סינכרן Hebrew (modern)
- *ḳarn- Proto-Semitic