Etymology

Polypheme

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Today it means: Polyphemus. Full definition →

French Polyphème ← Latin Polyphemus ← Ancient Greek Πολύφημος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΠολύφημος
  2. Latin · derived fromPolyphemus
  3. French · borrowed fromPolyphème
  4. English todayPolypheme

From French Polyphème, from Latin Polyphemus, from Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos).

Words from the same roots

LatinPolyphemus all →

polyphemus

Ancient GreekΠολύφημος all →

polyphemus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.