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- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
- Proto-Italic*amāō
- Latinamō
- Latinamor
- Englishpoly(amory)
- Latinmōlēs
- New Latinmōlēcula
- Frenchmolécule
- English(mole)cule
- English todaypolycule
Blend of poly(amory) + (mole)cule (“set or subset of polyamorous relationships”).
First known use, by meaning
- from 2010 A polyamorous group of individuals connected by their overlapping platonic, romantic, or sexual relationships.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.