myEtymology.com: English etymology of polygamist

Etymology of the English word polygamist

the English word polygamist

using the English suffix -ist

derived from the Latin suffix -ista

derived from the Greek suffix -istes

derived from the English word polygamy

derived from the French word polygamie

derived from the Late Latin word polygamia

derived 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))