English
panrhythmic
Panrhythmic 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-‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-sreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμόςrhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικόςrhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
- English1500–presentrhythmic
- Englishearliest quotation 1988panrhythmic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*srew-‘to flow, stream’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sru-dʰ-mo-sreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*hrutʰmósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥῠθμόςrhŭthmós‘measured motion, rhythm’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥυθμικόςrhuthmikós‘set to time, rhythmical’
- English1500–presentrhythmic
- Englishearliest quotation 1988panrhythmic
Earliest quotation: 1988, Neil Tesser, Leo Smith/Paul Smoker Trio: “He is among the most abstract, and yet at…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow, stream’
stream, maelstrom, rheumatism, rheumatic, rheumatology, hemorrhoid, rheology, 40 more
through Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
through Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός ‘measured motion, rhythm’
through English rhythmic
Today it means
adj Involving all kinds of rhythm.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *srew- / panrhythmic