polylectic

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leǵ-“to gather”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*polh₁ús“many, much”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπολύς“a lot of, much”
4. English todaypolylectic

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “a lot of, much”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“many, much”), from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + λέγειν (légein), from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, choose, gather; to count, reckon”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ic.

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