Etymology of the English word polygamic
the English word
polygamicusing the English suffix
-icderived from the English word
polygamyderived from the French word
polygamiederived from the Late Latin word
polygamiaderived from the Greek word
polugamia, πολυγαμία
using the Byzantine Greek prefix
polu-, πολυ-
derived from the Greek word
polus, πολύς (much, many; largely, mostly)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pelə-using the Greek suffix
-gamia, -γαμία
derived from the Greek word
gameo, γαμέω (to wed (of either sex))
Usage
Word found in Modern English
