polygamist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English polygamy

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English polygamist

From polygamy + -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪɡəmɪst/

Noun

polygamist (plural polygamists)

1. One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.

Hypernyms

• wedder

Translations

one who practices polygamy

• Belarusian: шматжэ́нец m (šmatžénjec), мнагажэ́нец m (mnahažénjec)
• Catalan: polígam m
• French: polygame (fr) m or f, polygamite (fr) m
• Georgian: პოლიგამისტი (ṗoligamisṭi), მრავალცოლიანი (mravalcoliani) (having many wives), მრავალქმრიანი (mravalkmriani) (having many husbands)
• German: Polygamist (de) m, Polygamistin (de) f
• Manx: yl-phooseyder m
• Polish: poligamista (pl) m, wielożeniec (pl) m
• Russian: многоже́нец (ru) m (mnogožénec) (one with more than one wife)
• Spanish: polígamo (es) m
• Ukrainian: багатоже́нець (uk) m (bahatožénecʹ)

References

• “polygamist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.