Where Does the Word Chronicler Come from?
To Record in or in the Form of a Historical Record. [Middle English Cronicle, from Anglo-Norman, Alteration of Old French Cronique, from Latin Chronica, from...
To record in or in the form of a historical record. [Middle English cronicle, from Anglo-Norman, alteration of Old French cronique, from Latin chronica, from Greek khronika (biblia), chronological (books), annals, neuter pl. of khronikos, of time; see chronic.]
Who is called a chronicler?
Meaning of chronicler in English
a person who writes descriptions of historical events as they happen: He was a photographer and chronicler of life in the poorest neighbourhoods at the end of the 19th century.
What is the etymology of chronicle?
chronicle (n.)
singular), from Greek ta khronika (biblia) "the (books of) annals, chronology," neuter plural of khronikos "of time, concerning time," from khronos "time" (see chrono-). The ending was modified in Anglo-French, perhaps by influence of article.