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Where does “polymorphic” come from?

Polymorphic comes from English -morphic and English -ic, from French -ique, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- meaning to fill or fold, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.

polymorphic (English): Relating to polymorphism , able to have several...

Definitions

  1. Relating to polymorphism , able to have several...

Ancestry of “polymorphic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmorphicOf or pertaining to shape or form; morphological;...
2EnglishmorphA physical form representing some morpheme in...
3EnglishmorphismAn arrow in a category; an abstraction that...
4EnglishisomorphismSimilarity of form; A one-to-one correspondence
5EnglishISOA disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...
6Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
7Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
8Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
9Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
10GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
11GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
12GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
13Old High Germandahs—
14Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
15Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger

Words derived from “polymorphic”

  • polymorphically
  • nonpolymorphic
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