Etymograph

English

idiorrhythmic

Idiorrhythmic comes from Ancient Greek ῐ̓́δῐος ‘own, personal, distinct’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swé‘self’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéd-yo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hwédiosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓́δῐοςĭ́dĭos‘own, personal, distinct’
  5. Englishtodayidiorrhythmic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*swé‘self’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*swéd-yo-sreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hwédiosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῐ̓́δῐοςĭ́dĭos‘own, personal, distinct’
  5. Englishtodayidiorrhythmic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’

such, self, solo, suicide, sole, solitary, sans, solitude, desolate, solitaire, swain, desolation, sullen, solus, sere, 18 more

through Proto-Hellenic *hwédios

idiot, idiocy, 3 more

Today it means

adj self-regulating; usually referring to an Eastern form of monastic life where monks live alone, often in isolation, constantly in mental prayer.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *swé / idiorrhythmic

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