chronology

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor.

English chrono-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.

Latin -logialbor.

French -logiebor.

English -logy

English chronology

From chrono- (“relating to time”) +‎ -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

chronology (countable and uncountable, plural chronologies)

1. (uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.
2. (countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

   The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes.

Coordinate terms

• horology

Derived terms

• astrochronology
• biochronology
• cementochronology
• chronologic
• chronological
• chronologically
• chronologicity
• chronologick
• chronologist
• chronologize
• cosmochronology
• dendrochronology
• geochronology
• glottochronology
• gyrochronology
• lepidochronology
• magnetochronology
• mensiochronology
• nucleocosmochronology
• palaeochronology
• paleochronology
• ptilochronology
• radiochronology
• sclerochronology
• skeletochronology
• synchronology
• tephrochronology
• thermochronology
• typochronology

Related terms

• chronicle, which see for more
• chronograph

Translations

determining the order of events (an auxiliary science of history)

• Albanian: kronologjia f
• Arabic: تَارِيخ (ar) m (tārīḵ)
• Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (hy) (žamanakagrutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: xronologiya
• Basque: kronologia
• Belarusian: хранало́гія f (xranalóhija)
• Bengali: কালনিরূপণবিদ্যা (kalnirupnobidda)
• Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (bg) f (hronológija)
• Catalan: cronologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 年表 (zh) (niánbiǎo)

• Czech: chronologie (cs) f
• Danish: kronologi c
• Dutch: chronologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: kronologio
• Estonian: kronoloogia
• Finnish: kronologia (fi)
• French: chronologie (fr) f
• Galician: cronoloxía f
• Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia)
• German: Chronologie (de) f
• Greek: χρονολογία (el) f (chronología)
• Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (khronológya)
• Hindi: कालक्रम विज्ञान m (kālakram vijñān), तैथिकी (taithikī)
• Hungarian: kronológia (hu)
• Icelandic: tímatalsfræði f
• Ido: kronologio (io)
• Indonesian: kronologi (id)
• Irish: croineolaíocht f
• Italian: cronologia (it) f
• Japanese: 編年 (へんねん, hennen)
• Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama), хронология (xronologiä)
• Khmer: កាលប្បវត្តិវិទ្យា (kaal prɑvŏət vicciə)
• Korean: 연대학(年代學) (yeondaehak), 년대학(年代學) (nyeondaehak) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: хронология (ky) (hronologiya)
• Latvian: hronoloģija f
• Lithuanian: chronologija f
• Macedonian: хронологија f (hronologija)
• Malay: kronologi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kronologi m

  Nynorsk: kronologi m

• Persian: گاهشناسی (gâhšenâsi)
• Polish: chronologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: cronologia (pt) f
• Romanian: cronologie (ro) f
• Russian: хроноло́гия (ru) f (xronológija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хроноло̀гија f (Bosnia, Serbia), кроноло̀гија f (Croatia)

  Latin: hronològija f (Bosnia, Serbia), kronològija (sh) f (Croatia)

• Slovak: chronológia (sk) f
• Slovene: kronologija (sl) f
• Spanish: cronología (es) f
• Swedish: kronologi (sv) c
• Thai: วิทยาการลำดับเวลา (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-lam-dàp-wee-laa)
• Turkish: kronoloji (tr)
• Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (uk) f (xronolóhija)
• Uzbek: xronologiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: niên đại học (年代學)
• Welsh: amseryddiaeth f

arrangement into chronological order

• Albanian: kronologjia f
• Arabic: تَسَلْسُل زَمَنِيّ (tasalsul zamaniyy)
• Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (hy) (žamanakagrutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: xronologiya
• Basque: kronologia
• Belarusian: хранало́гія f (xranalóhija)
• Bulgarian: хроноло́гия (bg) f (hronológija)
• Catalan: cronologia (ca) f
• Czech: chronologie (cs) f
• Danish: kronologi c, kronologisk rækkefølge c
• Dutch: chronologie (nl) f, tijdsorde (nl) f, tijdrekenkunde f, tijdrekening (nl) f
• Estonian: kronoloogia
• Finnish: kronologia (fi)
• French: chronologie (fr) f
• Galician: cronoloxía f
• Georgian: ქრონოლოგია (kronologia)
• German: Chronologie (de) f, Zeitordnung f, Zeitmessung f, Zeitrechnung (de) f
• Greek: χρονολόγηση (el) f (chronológisi)
• Hebrew: כְרוֹנוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (khronológya)
• Hindi: कालक्रम (hi) (kālakram), कालानुक्रम (hi) (kālānukram), तैथिकी (taithikī), घटनाक्रम (ghaṭnākram), घटनावली (ghaṭnāvlī), तारीख़नामा (tārīxnāmā)
• Hungarian: időrend (hu), kronológia (hu)
• Icelandic: tímatal n, tímasetning f
• Indonesian: kronologi (id)
• Irish: croineolaíocht f
• Italian: cronologia (it) f
• Japanese: 年表 (ja) (ねんぴょう, nenpyō)
• Kazakh: уақытнама (uaqytnama)
• Latvian: hronoloģija f
• Lithuanian: chronologija f
• Malay: kronologi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kronologi m

  Nynorsk: kronologi m

• Polish: chronologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: cronologia (pt) f
• Romanian: cronologie (ro) f
• Russian: хроноло́гия (ru) f (xronológija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хроноло̀гија f (Bosnia, Serbia), кроноло̀гија f (Croatia)

  Latin: hronològija f (Bosnia, Serbia), kronològija (sh) f (Croatia)

• Slovak: chronológia (sk) f
• Slovene: kronologija (sl) f
• Spanish: cronología (es) f
• Swedish: kronologi (sv) c, kronologisk ordning (sv) c, tidsordning c
• Turkish: kronoloji (tr)
• Ukrainian: хроноло́гія (uk) f (xronolóhija)
• Welsh: amseryddiaeth f
• Yiddish: כראָנאָלאָגיע f (khronologye)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} chronologia