Associations to the word «Glottochronology»

Wiktionary

GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY, noun. The study of languages to determine when they diverged from being the same language.

Dictionary definition

GLOTTOCHRONOLOGY, noun. The determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language; "he mapped the glottochronology of the Romance languages".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca