Etymology

extrarhythmic

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Today it means: Outside of a rhythm, or the concept of rhythm. Full definition →

English rhythmic ← Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) ← Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  11. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  12. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  13. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  14. Englishrhythmic
  15. English todayextrarhythmic

From extra- + rhythmic.

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