Etymology

polyorchidism

P3O1L1Y4O1R1C3H4I1D2I1S1M3

Today it means: The medical condition of having more than two testicles. Full definition →

English polyorchid ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishorchid
  6. Englishpolyorchid
  7. English todaypolyorchidism

From polyorchid + -ism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.