diachronic

Adjective

1. used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time; “diachronic linguistics”
   • Synonyms
     • historical
   • Antonyms
     • synchronic
   • Related
     • historicalness
     • historical linguistics
     • diachronic linguistics
     • diachrony
   • Topic Members
     • language
     • linguistic communication

From LookUp: Adjective

1. Linguistics concerned with the way in which something, especially language, has developed and evolved through time. • Often contrasted with synchronic the census is also a diachronic data set | linguistic change is the diachronic aspect of linguistic variation