Where does “πολύγωνος” come from?
πολύγωνος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek γωνία, from Ancient Greek γόνυ, from Proto-Hellenic gónu, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.
πολύγωνος (Ancient Greek): polygonal, many-angled
Ancestry of “πολύγωνος”, step by step
πολύγωνος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek γωνία
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | γωνία | corner, angle; joiner's square; cornerstone |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γόνυ | knee |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | gónu | knee |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónu | knee |
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 | — |
Words derived from “πολύγωνος”