polytocous
English
adj
Definitions
- (biology) Giving birth to multiple offspring at the same time; multiparous.
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek πολύς (many, much, a lot of) + Ancient Greek τόκος (offspring, childbirth).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τόκος
Gloss
offspring, childbirth
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Polynesia English
- monotocous English
- poly- English
- polylectic English
- polymer English
- polytrichus Latin
- poly- German
- poli- Hungarian
- poli- Italian
- poly- Dutch, Flemish
- polyadène French
- polythéisme French
- полиме́р Russian
- poli- Spanish, Castilian
- Πολυδάμας Ancient Greek
- Πολυδεύκης Ancient Greek
- Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
- Πολυνείκης Ancient Greek
- γάλα Ancient Greek
- πλεῖστος Ancient Greek
- πολλάκις Ancient Greek
- πολυγαμία Ancient Greek
- πολυμαθής Ancient Greek
- πολυποίκιλος Ancient Greek
- πολύγαλον Ancient Greek
- πολύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πολύγονον Ancient Greek
- πολύγωνος Ancient Greek
- πολύμητις Ancient Greek
- πολύς Ancient Greek
- πολύσημος Ancient Greek
- πολύτλας Ancient Greek
- πόρος Ancient Greek
- τόκος Ancient Greek
- φαγεῖν Ancient Greek
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- poli- Portuguese
- poli- Polish
- poly- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polainéis Irish
- poli- Catalan, Valencian
- policromía Galician
- τόκος Greek (modern)
- տոկոս Old Armenian
- Θεός grc-koi