poly-
Norwegian Nynorsk
prefix
Definitions
- poly-
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πολύς (many, much, a lot of) derived from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (many, much).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*polh₁ús
Gloss
many, much
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
多
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Polynesia English
- poly- English
- polylectic English
- polymer English
- polytocous 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
- φαγεῖν Ancient Greek
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- poli- Portuguese
- poli- Polish
- Polainéis Irish
- poli- Catalan, Valencian
- policromía Galician