Thursday, October 28, 2010

NERD MOMENT!!!!

I just wrote the word "chronology."  I was advising a person who had used "chronology, chronological, chronologically," and other related words about 83 times in his 3 page paper to figure out another word to convey the "chrono" idea.  Then, upon writing the word "chrono," I thought of the name "Kronos."  Then, I thought about how Kronos was the Titan lord of time.  Then I thought about how Chronology is relating to time.

Guess what.  The word chronology comes from the Titan lord Kronos!!!  I figured that out all by myself!

And, best of all, you can't imagine the rush of excitement the discovery of the etymology of that word gave me!

1 comment:

  1. And I thought Kronos was the password on "The Incredibles".

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