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- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
- Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
- Medieval Latinacousticus
- Englishacoustic
- Englishacoustics
- English todaypolyacoustics
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.