chronicle English · revision 820

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|cronicle]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) [[bor|xno|cronicle]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) an alteration of [[fro|cronique]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) [[der|la|chronica]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) from Greek ''khroniká (biblía)'' “annals, chronological books”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) neuter plural of ''khronikós'' “of time”, from ''khrónos'' “time”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) The Latin neuter plural was mistaken for a feminine singular.^(Etymonline) The ending ''-icle'' may have come in Anglo-French on the model of words like ''article''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The classical ''h'' was restored in English in the 16th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A detailed and continuous register of events in the order of time, a historical record (1303).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old English had its own borrowing ''cranic'' for a chronicle.^(Etymonline) By about 1380 the word was used more generally of any record, register or narrative account.^(OED 1989) From 1535 ''Chronicles'' was the name of two historical books of the Old Testament.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) It became a common newspaper title.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) The verb, to record in a chronicle, appears about 1400,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and ''chronicler'' before 1420.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1303 – ''kronikel'', a historical record.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c. 1380 – any record or account.^(OED 1989)

+ * about 1400 – verb, to record in a chronicle.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * before 1420 – ''chronicler''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1535 – ''Chronicles'', books of the Bible.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An extended account of historical events in order of time, usually without analysis or interpretation.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A detailed [[narrative]] record or report.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # ''Chronicles'': either of two historical books of the [[Old Testament]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To record in or as in a chronicle.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[chronicler]]

+ * [[unchronicled]]

+ * [[chronicler]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Chronicles]]

+ * [[chronology]]

+ * [[chronological]]

+ * [[chronic]]

+ * [[chronometer]]

+ * [[anachronism]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}