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poly-

prefix
/ˈpɒ.li-/CA/ˈpɑ.li-/US/ˈpɔ.li-/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“much, many”). Unrelated to -poly.

  1. derived from *polh₁ús✻ — “much, many”
  2. learned borrowing from πολύς — “many, much”

Definitions

  1. many

    • polydactyl, polyglot, polyvalent

  2. polymer

    • polyacetal, polyethene, polyether

  3. polyamory

    • polycule, polyphobia, polyfamily

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA