poly-

many

Prefix

  1. many
    • polydactyl, polyglot, polyvalent

    Synonyms: multi- pleo- pleio-

    Antonyms: mono- uni-

    Coordinate Terms: bi- di- tri- etc oligo- pauci-

  2. polymer
    • polyacetal, polyethene, polyether
  3. polyamory
    • polycule, polyphobia, polyfamily

Origin

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.

Derived

poly polyabolo polyacetal polyache polyadelph polyadelphia polyadelphian polyadelphite polyadelphous polyadenous polyadenylate polyadenylation polyadic polyamidation polyamorist polyamorous polyamory polyamphoteric polyander polyandric polyandrion polyandrious polyandrism polyandrist