synchronic

synchronic
synchronic 1833 shortening of synchronical (1650s), from L.L. synchronus "simultaneous" (see SYNCHRONOUS (Cf. synchronous)). Linguistic sense is first recorded 1922, probably a borrowing from Fr. synchronique (de Saussure, 1913).

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