'rhyme' originates from Old French, specifically the word 'rime', where 'rime' meant 'series of words with similar sounds'.

'rime' transformed into the Middle English word 'rime', and eventually became the modern English word 'rhyme'.

Initially, it meant 'series of words with similar sounds', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words'.