Etymology

polyrhythmic

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Today it means: Having multiple, simultaneous rhythms. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  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. Englishpolyrhythm
  13. English todaypolyrhythmic

From polyrhythm + -ic.

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