Thursday, 19 December 2013

Chronos

So I was thinking about the prefix 'chrono' and some of the words it appears in, when I wondered if there were any more I didn't know about. First I tried looking up 'Chronible' to mean 'that which can be chronicled' and the only significant result was a youtube channel where some guy plays video games and then spoils them by talking over all the best bits. Then I realized that maybe 'Chronible wouldn't even be correct for that definition so I revised it to 'Chronable', which I think makes more sense. After that I looked up the 'chrono prefix' on wikipedia and learned some new words. My new favorite word is now 'Chronometer', which is 'something that measures time'. I also was very impressed with 'Chronomancy' which is 'Divination to determine the right time for action' which seems like a fantastic premise for a fantasy novel. It was also very interesting to look at other words with 'chron' in such as 'Synchronicity' and 'Chronic' which I hadn't really analyzed before. I also just really like the way 'Chron' sounds when spoken, I'm not sure why. It just sounds nice to say and hear. Chrono.

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