English
quasisynchronous
From quasi- + synchronous.
Formed from quasi- + synchronous
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂m
Proto-Italic *kʷis ‘who, what’
Latin quam ‘in what (which) way, to what (which) degree’
Latin quasi ‘almost’
English quasi-
Ancient Greek χρόνος ‘time’
Ancient Greek σύγχρονος ‘contemporaneous’
Late Latin synchronus ‘contemporary, synchronic’
English synchronous
Today it means
adj Describing asynchronous communication that is almost indistinguishable from synchronous
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