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- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
- Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
- Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
- Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
- Englishrhythmic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishrhythmical
- English todaypolyrhythmical
From poly- + rhythmical.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.