polyergic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

English ergo-

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English polyergic

From poly- + ergo- + -ic.

Adjective

polyergic (comparative more polyergic, superlative most polyergic)

1. Having multiple functions, or functioning in multiple ways.