Etymology

microrhythm

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Today it means: Minute, barely-perceptible variation in timing of musical events that contribute to expressivity. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  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. English todaymicrorhythm

From micro- + rhythm.

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