diachrony
noun
di·ach·ro·ny dī-ˈa-krə-nē 
1
: diachronic analysis
2
: change extending through time
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French diachronie, from dia- dia- + Greek chrónos "time, duration" (of obscure origin) + French -ie -y entry 2
Note: Term introduced, along with the adjective diachronique, by Ferdinand de saussure in the posthumously published Cours de linguistigue générale (Lausanne/Paris, 1916), compiled from lecture notes by his students. See also synchronic, synchrony.
First Known Use
circa 1939, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- standing around
- standing aside
- standing back
- standing barrage
- standing behind
- standing bevel
- standing block
- standing by
- standing committee
- standing committees
- standing crop
- standing cup
- standing cypress
- standing down
- standing finish
- standing for
- standing gear
- standing height
- standing in
- standing initial
- standing invitation
- standing joke
- standing lug
- standing O
- standing off