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It is from ancient Greek and translates as many

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What does the latin root poly mean?

Poly is actually a prefix meaning many.


What is the root poly?

The root 'poly-' is derived from Greek, and means 'many', such as in 'polyamorous', meaning 'having many lovers".


Poly- has a similar meaning with?

Poly has a similar meaning with multi-.


What are the Greek words of polygon?

polygon < &pi;&omicron;&lambda;&#973;&gamma;&omega;&nu;&omicron; < &pi;&omicron;&lambda;&#973; + &gamma;&omega;&nu;&#943;&alpha;&pi;&omicron;&lambda;&#973; = multi-, many&gamma;&omega;&nu;&#943;&alpha; = angleSo polygon = "multiangled"


What is the Latin root for many?

-poly


What is the Greek root word Poly?

The Greek root word &quot;poly&quot; means many or much. It is commonly used in English to form words related to multiple or excessive quantities.


What is the root word for poly crystalline?

Crystal


What is the root word for polygamy?

The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; -- opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry., The state or habit of having more than one mate., The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.


What is the Greek root poly mean?

Poly means "many" in English. "&pi;&omicron;&lambda;&#973;" (polee) is the greek word for "much". "&pi;&omicron;&lambda;&lambda;&omicron;&#943;". "&pi;&omicron;&lambda;&lambda;&#941;&sigmaf;", "&pi;&omicron;&lambda;&lambda;&#940;" are the equivalents for "many" in greek.


What does the root poly mean?

More than one


How does the meaning poly relate to the meaning polygon?

Poly means many and polygon means shape of many sides


What Greek root means many in the following word polygon?

I'm pretty sure that -gon is the root word and it means angles. The prefix poly- means many and is most likely what you're asking for.