Etymograph

English

eurhythmic

Eurhythmic comes from Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός ‘set to time, rhythmical’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-1‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-s1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmós1reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμός1rhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικός1rhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
  6. English1500–presentrhythmic1
  7. Englishtodayeurhythmic1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English eurhythmic

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-Wiktionary, English eurhythmic‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-sWiktionary, English eurhythmicreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmósWiktionary, English eurhythmicreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμόςWiktionary, English eurhythmicrhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικόςWiktionary, English eurhythmicrhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
  6. English1500–presentrhythmicWiktionary, English eurhythmic
  7. EnglishtodayeurhythmicWiktionary, English eurhythmic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’

stream, maelstrom, rheumatism, rheumatology, rheumatic, hemorrhoid, rheology, 40 more

through Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós

arrhythmia, 29 more

through Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός ‘measured motion, rhythm’

rhythm, 28 more

through English rhythmic

rhythmical, 14 more

Today it means

adj harmonious

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “eurhythmic”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *srew- / eurhythmic

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