adjective Linguistics.
- of or relating to the changes in a linguistic system between successive points in time; historical: diachronic analysis.
adjective
- of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historicaldiachronic linguistics Compare synchronic
1857, from Greek dia “throughout” (see dia-) + khronos “time” (see chrono-). Use in linguistics dates from 1927.
adj.
- Of or concerned with phenomena as they change through time.