Where does “πολυποίκιλος” come from?
πολυποίκιλος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
πολυποίκιλος (Ancient Greek): much-variegated
Ancestry of “πολυποίκιλος”, step by step
πολυποίκιλος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek πολύς
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
via Ancient Greek ποικίλος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ποικίλος | pied, dappled, worked in various colors,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ποικιλός | pied, dappled, worked in various colors, parti-colored |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |