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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)
- Latinrhythmus
- Englishrhythm
- Englishpolyrhythm
- Englishpolyrhythmic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishpoly-
- Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
- Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
- Englishrhythmic
- Englishrhythmical
- Englishpolyrhythmical
- English todaypolyrhythmically
From polyrhythmic + -ally, or from polyrhythmical + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.