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- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- English todaypolyomino
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane) Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.