Etymology

polycount

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Today it means: The total number of polygons found in a three-dimensional model. Full definition →

English count ← Middle English counten ← Anglo-Norman counter
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Latincomputō
  6. Anglo-Normancounter
  7. Middle Englishcounten
  8. Englishcount
  9. English todaypolycount

From poly- + count.

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