Where does “rimailleur” come from?
rimailleur (French) comes from French rimailler, from French rimaille, from French rimé, from Old French rime, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός, from Ancient Greek ῥέω, from Proto-Indo-European srew- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
rimailleur (French): rhymester
Ancestry of “rimailleur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | rimailler | To rhyme badly |
| 2 | French | rimaille | doggerel; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | rimé | past participle of rimer; rhymed |
| 4 | Old French | rime | story; tale; account |
| 5 | Latin | rhythmus | rhythm |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥυθμός | a repeating, regular motion, vibration; measured... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ῥέω | I flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |