Other forms: chronologies
A chronology is the order in which events happened. Establish the chronology, a chronology of the case, the chronology is unclear.
It is the first thing any investigation builds, since almost every question about cause depends on what came before what. As a discipline it is the science of dating events, which for the ancient world is genuinely difficult.
1nounchronologyThe order in which events happened.
“The history book gets the chronology wrong, placing the battle after the king's death.”
chronology is an order.
Greek chronos, time, plus logos, an account.
Ancient Greek
χρόνος — time
New Latin
chronologia
English, today
chronology
Built from
From chrono- + -logy. From chrono + logy, after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (“time”) + λόγος (“reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA