The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπολύς“multiple, many”
- English todaypolycrotic
From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “multiple, many”) + κρότος (krótos, “knocking, rattling”), modeled on dicrotic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπολύς all →
polymerPolynesiapolytheismpoly-polyarchpolychetepolygyridpolylecticpolyphyodont
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.