myEtymology.com: English etymology of polyphase

Etymology of the English word polyphase

the English word polyphase

derived from the English word phase

derived from the New Latin word phases

derived from the Greek word phaseis

derived from the Greek word phasis, φάσις (speech; appearance; stage; a saying; report)

derived from the Late Greek word phainein, φαίνω (to display; to show)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bha-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhā-

derived from the Greek word phainomai, ϕαίνομαι

using the English prefix poly-

derived from the New Latin prefix poly-

derived from the Greek word polus, πολύς (much, many; largely, mostly)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-