Etymograph

English

extrarhythmic

Extrarhythmic 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. Englishtodayextrarhythmic1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English extrarhythmic

Lineage

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

Linked words

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

stream, maelstrom, rheumatism, rheumatic, rheumatology, 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 Outside of a rhythm, or the concept of rhythm.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “extrarhythmic”. 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- / extrarhythmic

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