Etymology

biorhythmically

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Today it means: In a biorhythmic way. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English biorhythmic
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  8. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  9. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  10. Latinrhythmus
  11. Englishrhythm
  12. Englishbiorhythm
  13. Englishbiorhythmic
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  17. Proto-Germanic*līką
  18. English todaybiorhythmically

From biorhythmic + -ally.

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