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Where does “polyhierarchical” come from?

polyhierarchical (English) comes from English hierarchical, from English hierarchy, from Middle English ierarchie, from Old French ierarchie, from Late Latin ierarchia, from Latin hierarchia, from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία, from Ancient Greek ἱεράρχης — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

polyhierarchical (English): Relating to a polyhierarchy

Definitions

  1. Relating to a polyhierarchy

Ancestry of “polyhierarchical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhierarchicalPertaining to a hierarchy; Of or pertaining to an...
2EnglishhierarchyA body of authoritative officials organized in...
3Middle Englishierarchie—
4Old Frenchierarchie—
5Late Latinierarchia—
6Latinhierarchiahierarchy
7Ancient Greekἱεραρχίαspiritual superiority; prelacy, prelature;...
8Ancient Greekἱεράρχηςhigh priest; hierarch; bishop
9Ancient Greek-άρχης-arch
10Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
11Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
12Proto-Indo-European-ess—
13Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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