The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπολύς“many, much”
- English todaypolyphyodont
From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + φύω (phúō, “produce”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπολύς all →
polymerPolynesiapolytheismpoly-polyarchpolychetepolycroticpolygyridpolylectic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.