Etymology

rhytide

R1H4Y4T1I1D2E1

Today it means: A wrinkle, typically a facial wrinkle secondary to muscular contraction patterns in the skin. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥυτίς
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥυτίς
  2. English todayrhytide

From Ancient Greek ῥυτίς (rhutís).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekῥυτίς all →

rhytid

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.