The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπολυγαμία
- Late Latin · derived frompolygamia
- English todaypolygamy
Recorded since 1591, from Late Latin polygamia, from Ancient Greek πολυγαμία (polugamía), itself from πολύγαμος (polúgamos, “married to many”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). Relates to modern prefix and suffix poly- + -gamy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.