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Partly an adapted borrowing of New Latin polyphōnus and partly of its etymon Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -ous. By surface analysis, poly- + -phonous.
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Partly an adapted borrowing of New Latin polyphōnus and partly of its etymon Ancient Greek πολύφωνος (polúphōnos) + -ous. By surface analysis, poly- + -phonous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.