heterorhythmic

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adjective

Of different rhythms.

OriginEnglish rhythmic ← Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) ← Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós →
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Meanings

adjectiveheterorhythmic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf different rhythms.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  9. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  10. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  11. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  12. Englishrhythmic
  13. Englishheterorhythmic

From hetero- + rhythmic.

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Translations

Greek ετερόρρυθμος
  • ετερόρρυθμος (eterórrythmos)Translations
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Chicago

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