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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread crony #120078 01/15/2004 4:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Sherlock Holmes speaks of a "crony" of the landlady. I wondered about the etymology. From AHD: crony SYLLABICATION: cro·ny PRONUNCIATION: krn NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. cro·nies A longtime close friend or companion. ETYMOLOGY: Possibly from Greek khronios, long lasting, from khronos, time. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crony #120079 01/26/2004 1:15 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Oh, I do love learning here, wwh, that crony came from khronos for time. To think of those friends with whom we've shared long, long streches of time is simply rich. I wish we called them khronies instead--I can just about hear that great movement of time in one of the movements from Holst's "The Planets." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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