English
homorhythmic
Homorhythmic comes from Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός ‘set to time, rhythmical’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-1‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-s1reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmós1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμός1rhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικός1rhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
- English1500–presentrhythmic1
- Englishtodayhomorhythmic1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English homorhythmic
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-Wiktionary, English homorhythmic‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-sWiktionary, English homorhythmicreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmósWiktionary, English homorhythmicreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμόςWiktionary, English homorhythmicrhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικόςWiktionary, English homorhythmicrhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
- English1500–presentrhythmicWiktionary, English homorhythmic
- EnglishtodayhomorhythmicWiktionary, English homorhythmic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’
stream, maelstrom, rheumatism, rheumatic, rheumatology, rheology, hemorrhoid, 40 more
through Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
through Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός ‘measured motion, rhythm’
through English rhythmic
Today it means
adj Having the same rhythm throughout
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “homorhythmic”. 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- / homorhythmic