Where does “polygamia” come from?
polygamia (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία, from Ancient Greek πολύγαμος, from Ancient Greek πολῠ-, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
Ancestry of “polygamia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πολυγαμία | polygamy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πολύγαμος | married to many |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολῠ- | many; much, a lot |
| 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 | — |