chronicle: [14] English has a number of words derived from Greek khrónos ‘time’, among them chronology [16], chronometer ‘timepiece’ [18], and crony. And from its adjective kronikós ‘of time’ comes English chronic [15], by way of Latin chronicus, which in medieval times picked up the medical connotations which characterize the word today.
Greek bíblia khroniká meant ‘books about time’; hence khroniká came to be used on its own for ‘historical records’, passing via Latin chronica and Old French chronique to Anglo-Norman, where it acquired a new ending, cronicle. English took it over, and restored the Latin ch- spelling in the 16th century. => anachronism, chronic, chronology
chronicle (n.)
c. 1300, cronicle, from Anglo-French cronicle, from Old French cronique "chronicle" (Modern French chronique), from Latin chronica (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Greek ta khronika (biblia) "the (books of) annals, chronology," neuter plural of khronikos "of time, concerning time," from khronos "time" (see chrono-). Ending modified in Anglo-French, perhaps by influence of article. Old English had cranic "chronicle," cranicwritere "chronicler." The classical -h- was restored in English from 16c.
chronicle (v.)
c. 1400, croniclen, from chronicle (n.). Related: Chronicled; chronicling.
雙語例句
1. Before the Chronicle I used to take the Guardian.
在訂閱《紀事報》以前，我看的是《衛報》。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I was a sub-editor on the foreign desk of the News Chronicle.
我是《新聞紀事報》國際組的一名助理編輯。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Her latest novel is a chronicle of life in a Devon village.
她的最近一部小說是德文郡一個小村莊的生活記事。
來自《權威詞典》
4. I heard the sad chronicle of his accidents.
我聽到了關于他出事的悲慘經過.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The newly - published chronicle breaks down into eight major parts.