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diachronic (adj.)

1857, "lasting through time," from Greek dia "throughout" (see dia-) + khronos "time" (see chrono-). In linguistics, "concerned with the historical development of a language, historical," by 1927.

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Definitions of diachronic from WordNet

diachronic (adj.)
used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time;
diachronic linguistics
Synonyms: historical
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