polylectic
English
adj
Definitions
- (entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
- (grammar) Of or relating to a term consisting of more than one word.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πολύς (many, much, a lot of) derived from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (many, much), *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-
Gloss
gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak
Concept
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Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- Polynesia English
- haplogy English
- intelligible English
- lexicography English
- poly- English
- polymer English
- polytocous English
- *exēligere Latin
- colligō Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- diligentem Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- electrix Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectus Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- legō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- polytrichus Latin
- ēligere Latin
- poly- German
- poli- Hungarian
- codicologia Italian
- poli- Italian
- poly- Dutch, Flemish
- polyadène French
- polythéisme French
- полиме́р Russian
- poli- Spanish, Castilian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- Πολυδάμας Ancient Greek
- Πολυδεύκης Ancient Greek
- Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
- Πολυνείκης Ancient Greek
- γάλα Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λεξικόν Ancient Greek
- λεξικὸν βιβλίον Ancient Greek
- λογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- λογεῖον Ancient Greek
- λογικός Ancient Greek
- λογισμός Ancient Greek
- λογιστικός Ancient Greek
- λογομαχία Ancient Greek
- λόγιον Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- πλεῖστος Ancient Greek
- πολλάκις Ancient Greek
- πολυγαμία Ancient Greek
- πολυμαθής Ancient Greek
- πολυποίκιλος Ancient Greek
- πολύγαλον Ancient Greek
- πολύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πολύγονον Ancient Greek
- πολύγωνος Ancient Greek
- πολύμητις Ancient Greek
- πολύς Ancient Greek
- πολύσημος Ancient Greek
- πολύτλας Ancient Greek
- πόρος Ancient Greek
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- φαγεῖν Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- eleger Portuguese
- poli- Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- poli- Polish
- poly- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polainéis Irish
- poli- Catalan, Valencian
- policromía Galician
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- *legō Proto-Italic
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- läk- Tocharian B
- läk- Tocharian A