polysynthesis
English
/ˌpɒliˈsɪnθəsɪs/
noun
Definitions
- The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.
- (linguistics) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words; agglutination.
Etymology
Prefix from English synthesis.
Origin
English
synthesis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autosynthesis English
- baryosynthesis English
- biosynthesis English
- chemosynthesis English
- cosynthesis English
- electrosynthesis English
- glycosynthesis English
- hemisynthesis English
- heterosynthesis English
- hyposynthesis English
- liposynthesis English
- mechanosynthesis English
- metasynthesis English
- narcosynthesis English
- neosynthesis English
- nucleosynthesis English
- oligosynthesis English
- osteosynthesis English
- oversynthesis English
- photoelectrosynthesis English
- photosynthesis English
- phytosynthesis English
- psychosynthesis English
- pyrosynthesis English
- radiosynthesis English
- resynthesis English
- retrosynthesis English
- semisynthesis English
- synthesis English
- synthesism English
- synthesize English
- synthetase English
- thermosynthesis English
- tomosynthesis English
- synthesis Latin
- synthesis
- synthetase
- synthesism
- synthesize
- cosynthesis
- resynthesis
- biosynthesis
- neosynthesis
- metasynthesis
- tomosynthesis
- liposynthesis
- hyposynthesis
- pyrosynthesis
- hemisynthesis
- semisynthesis
- autosynthesis
- oversynthesis
- chemosynthesis
- photosynthesis
- osteosynthesis
- baryosynthesis
- retrosynthesis
- oligosynthesis
- radiosynthesis
- narcosynthesis
- phytosynthesis
- glycosynthesis
- heterosynthesis
- nucleosynthesis
- thermosynthesis
- psychosynthesis
- mechanosynthesis
- electrosynthesis
- photoelectrosynthesis