The storyAncient Greek · derived fromπόλεμος“war, battle, fight”English todaypolemo-From Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “war, battle, fight”). By surface analysis, polem- + -o-.Words from the same rootsAncient Greekπόλεμος all →Ptolemaicpolem-polemologyEtymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.