10 Examples of Words with the Prefix chrono

Chrono prefix

The chrono- prefix indicates "time" or "season of the year" and comes from the Greek god Kronos. For example: chronograma, chronosubway.

Unlike other prefixes, chrono- can also be used as suffix. For example: withoutchrono, áchrono.

Examples of words with the prefix chrono-

1. Chronicle: Journalistic genre that narrates the events in temporal order.
2. Chronophobia: Fear or phobia of the passage of time.
3. Chronography: It is a type of literary figure that consists of the description of times.
4. Chronograph / stopwatch: It is a watch that has great precision and allows to measure fractions of time or very small in order to be as precise as possible in relation to time.
5. Schedule: Graphic explanation of facts or events over time.
6. Chronolect: Language used during a certain age range. The most common are the children's chronolect and the youth chronolect.
7. Chronology: Explanation of facts ordering as they were presented in time.
8. Chronologist: Person who has knowledge about the facts and their order in time.
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9. Timing: Type of time measurement where a stopwatch is used to measure time. It is used in the sports field or in situations where time must be sequenced during a certain event, for example a sports race.
10. Chronometrophobia: Irrational fear of clocks.
11. Chronobiology: It is the study of biological responses to temporal events.
12. Chronopathology: It is the study of diseases that a person suffers and that have been contracted during an unfavorable or inappropriate period of time.

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