glottochronological

1. 1.

   pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source

   “glottochronological studies”

Questions about glottochronological

What does glottochronological mean?

glottochronological means "pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source".

How many syllables are in glottochronological?

glottochronological has 7 syllables: glot-toch-ro-no-lo-gi-cal. The stress falls on "lo".

Is glottochronological a common word?

glottochronological is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.