Rhyme

: This article is about the poetic technique. For the form of ice, see rime ice. For linguistic rime (or rhyme) see syllable rime.

Etymology

The word comes from the Old French rime, ultimately from the Greek ρυθμος from which "rhythm" also derives. In English, the spelling "rhyme" came to be adopted at the beginning of the Modern English period in order to reflect the Greek original, in the same way that a b was added to the words "dette" and "doute" to reflect the original Latin debitum and dubitum.

Related Topics:
Old French - Greek - Dette - Doute - Latin

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http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/rhyme?view=uk

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http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/rime_2?view=uk

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http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/SESLL/EngLang/ugrad/readings/EMod/loves_labours.htm

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