Etymology

irrhythmic

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Today it means: Having no rhythm. Full definition →

English rhythm ← Latin rhythmus ← Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinir-
  6. Englishir-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  10. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  11. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  12. Latinrhythmus
  13. Englishrhythm
  14. English todayirrhythmic

From ir- + rhythm + -ic.

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