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- Ancient Greek · derived fromπολυμαθής“having learnt much”
- English todaypolymathy
Ultimately from Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathḗs, “having learnt much”). By surface analysis, polymath + -y (“having the quality of”). See polymath for details.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπολυμαθής all →
polymath
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