The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπολύπτωτον
- English todaypolyptoton
Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.