Etymograph

English

dysrhythmic

Dysrhythmic 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-‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmósreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμόςrhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικόςrhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
  6. English1500–presentrhythmic
  7. Englishtodaydysrhythmic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmósreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμόςrhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικόςrhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
  6. English1500–presentrhythmic
  7. Englishtodaydysrhythmic

A compound of dys- + rhythmic

Proto-Indo-European *dus- ‘bad’

Proto-Hellenic *dus- ‘bad’

English dys-

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

Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s

Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós

Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός ‘measured motion, rhythm’

Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός ‘set to time, rhythmical’

English rhythmic

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 Having an unpleasing, irregular beat.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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

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