Etymograph

English

synchicity

Synchicity comes from French synchicité.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsynchicité1
  2. Englishtodaysynchicity1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English synchicity

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentsynchicitéWiktionary, English synchicity
  2. EnglishtodaysynchicityWiktionary, English synchicity

Today it means

noun The degree of synchronization between multimedia elements, e.g. between audio and video or between audio and subtitles.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “synchicity”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / French synchicité / synchicity