Etymology

nonrhythmic

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Today it means: Not having rhythm; irregular. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  15. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  17. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  18. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  19. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  20. Englishrhythmic
  21. English todaynonrhythmic

From non- + rhythmic.

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