Etymology

polyrhythmically

Today it means: In a polyrhythmic manner; by the use of polyrhythm Full definition →

English polyrhythmical ← Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) ← Proto-Germanic *līką
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  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. Englishpolyrhythmic
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  17. Proto-Germanic*līką
  18. Englishpoly-
  19. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  20. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  21. Englishrhythmic
  22. Englishrhythmical
  23. Englishpolyrhythmical
  24. English todaypolyrhythmically

From polyrhythmic + -ally, or from polyrhythmical + -ly.

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