polymorphous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπολύμορφος“multiform, manifold”
2. New Latin · borrowed frompolymorphus
3. English todaypolymorphous

From New Latin polymorphus, from Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos, “multiform, manifold”), from πολυ- (polu-, “many, much”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). By surface analysis, poly- + -morphous.