" initial rhyme "

[Noun]  | "initial rhyme" 

1: alliteration

Origin: 1838 ;

[Noun]  | "al*lit*er*a*tion" | \ ə-ˌli-tə-ˈrā-shən \

1: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, thrifty and thriving) —called also head rhyme, initial rhyme

Origin: circa 1624 ;

 Borrowed from New Latin allīterātiōn-, allīterātiō, from Latin ad- {see: |ad-|ad-} + lītera "letter" + -ātiōn-, -ātiō {see: |-ation|-ation} {mat|letter:1|};

  * Note : Word apparently coined by the Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano (ca. 1426-1503) in the dialogue Actius (written 1495-99, first printed 1507).;