Usually means: Study of language change over time.
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  1. diachrony: Merriam-Webster
  2. diachrony: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diachrony: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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noun:  The study of change over time, especially changes to language.

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