Words With The Prefix Poly

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Your Roots2Words Affix of the Week is POLY-:

POLY- is a prefix meaning more than one, many, or excessive.
(Prefixes appear at the beginning of words)

**EXAMPLES**

polygamy (noun) – the condition of having more than one romantic partner or spouse at in one case
BREAKDOWN: POLY- (more than i) + -GAMY (marriage or union)
— polygamous means married to more one partner at a time
— polygyny is the condition of having more than one wife at a time
— polyandry is the condition of having more than one married man at a time

polyglot (adj) – able to speak or made upwards of many languages
Breakdown: POLY- (more than one) + GLOT- (natural language)

polygon (substantive) – a plane figure with at least three straight sides and angles
Breakup: POLY- (more than than ane) + -GON (corner or bending)

polyhedron (noun) – a solid figure with many apartment faces and directly edges
Breakdown: POLY- (more than i) + -HEDRON (confront)

polymath(noun) – a person with extraordinarily comprehensive cognition across several fields of study
Breakup: POLY- (more one) + MATH- (learning)

polymorphism (noun) – the ability to assume different shapes; the existence of multiple distinct forms
BREAKDOWN: POLY- (more than than one) + MORPH- (shape) + -ISM (state of)

polysemic (substantive) – having more one pregnant or interpretation (also polysemous, polysemantic)
Breakup: POLY- (more than than one) + SEM- (signal) + -IC (pertaining to)
— a polyseme is a word or phrase that has multiple meanings
— polysemy is the land of having, or the ability of words and symbols to have, multiple meanings

polysyllabic (noun) – consisting of or using more than than one syllable
Breakup: POLY- (more than one) + SYL- (same) + LAB- (take) + -IC (pertaining to)

polytheistic (adj) – adhering to a belief in more than 1 god, deity, or spirit, often in the same pantheon
Breakup: POLY- (more than one) + THEO- (god) + -IST (one who does) + -IC (pertaining to)

**INTERESTING VARIATIONS**

-POLY as well appears as a suffix, which too means sale or one who sells in words similar duopoly, monopoly, and oligopoly.

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