Pronunciation: ˌ glä-t ō -kr ə - ' nä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Date: 1953
: a linguistic method that uses the rate of vocabulary replacement to estimate the date of divergence for distinct but genetically related languages
– glot · to · chro · no · log · i · cal \ - ˌ krä-n ə - ' lä-ji-k ə l, - ˌ kr ō - \ adjective