Etymology

plagiarhythm

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Today it means: The act of taking illegitimately-obtained (typically downloaded) musical content and using it in new works. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  3. Latinplagium
  4. Latinplagiārius
  5. Englishplagiary
  6. Englishplagiarism
  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 todayplagiarhythm

Blend of plagiarism + rhythm.

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