The story
- Latin · borrowed fromrīma“a cleft, crack, fissure, chink”
- English todayrima
Borrowing from Latin rīma (“a cleft, crack, fissure, chink”).
Words from the same roots
Latinrīma all →
rime
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rima
Today it means: A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds. Full definition →
Latin rīma