Etymology

polysynaptic

P3O1L1Y4S1Y4N1A1P3T1I1C3

Today it means: of or involving multiple synapses Full definition →

English synaptic ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishsynaptic
  6. English todaypolysynaptic

From poly- + synaptic.

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