Where does “polysemously” come from?
polysemously (English) comes from English polysemous, from Medieval Latin polysemus, from Ancient Greek πολύσημος, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
polysemously (English): In a polysemous way
Ancestry of “polysemously”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | polysemous | Having multiple meanings or interpretations |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | polysemus | Having many significations |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολύσημος | signifying many things, having multiple meanings,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |