poly-

prefix — 3 senses

poly-

prefix

CA, NZ, UK /ˈpɒ.li-/ · US /ˈpɑ.li-/

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

1

Morpheme many

  • polydactyl, polyglot, polyvalent
2

Morpheme polymer

  • polyacetal, polyethene, polyether
3

Morpheme polyamory

  • polycule, polyphobia, polyfamily
Derived terms
820 termspoly, polyabolo, polyacetal, polyache, polyadelph, polyadelphia, polyadelphian, polyadelphite, polyadelphous, polyadenous, polyadenylate, polyadenylation, polyadic, polyamidation, polyamorist, polyamorous, polyamory, polyamphoteric, polyander, polyandric, polyandrion, polyandrious, polyandrism, polyandrist, polyandrum, polyanth, polyantha, polyanthea, polyanthus, polyarch, polyarchal, polyarchic, polyarchical, polyarchism, polyarchist, polyare, polyargite, polyargyrite, polyarsenite, polyaxon, polybasite, polybenzimidazole, polybiography, polybolos, polyborine, polybutylene, polycaprolactone, polycationic, polycentricity, polycentrist, polycephalist, polycephalous, polychaetan, polychaete, polychaetous, polychete, polychetous, polycholia, polychotomous, polychotomy, polychrest, polychroism, polychroite, polychromasia, polychromatism, polychromatist, polychromatize, polychromatophil, polychromatophilic, polychromatous, polychroming, polychromism, polychromist, polychromous, 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