Etymology

biorhythmicity

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Today it means: The condition of being biorhythmic Full definition →

English rhythmicity ← Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) ← Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
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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. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  11. Englishrhythmic
  12. Englishrhythmicity
  13. English todaybiorhythmicity

From bio- + rhythmicity.

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