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drpaladin

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A popular trope in old war movies is the 'synchronize your watches' scene.

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Bill W

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The word "synchronize" comes from the Greek word synchronízein, which means "to be contemporary with". The word is made up of the Greek words sýnchron(os), which means "synchronous", and -izein, which means "-ize".   The word "synchronize" means to cause multiple things to act at the same time and become synchronous. 

The earliest known use of the word "synchronized" as an adjective was in 1919, as recorded in the New English Dictionary. The word "synchronize" was first used in the early 1600s, and the first known use of the word "synchronization" was in 1828. 
 

Some related words and their etymologies:

  • Synchronism: From the Medieval Latin synchronismus, which comes from the Greek synchronismós 
     
  • Synchronizer: The earliest known use of this noun is in the 1880s 
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Paladin

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5 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

A popular trope in old war movies is the 'synchronize your watches' scene.

And in keeping in time with our current theme synchronize is built around the word chronos and it's meaning.

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