Polymath Definition
pŏlē-măth
polymaths
noun
A person of great and diversified learning.
Webster's New World
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polymathsOrigin of Polymath
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First attested in 1624; from the Ancient Greek πολυμαθής (polumathÄ“s, “having learnt much"), from πολύς (polus, “much") + μάθη (mathÄ“) (mathÄ“, “learning"; from μανθάνω (manthanō), manthanō “I learn"); compare opsimath, philomath, polyhistor, polymathic, polymathist, and polymathy, as well as the French polymathe.
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Greek polumathēs polu- poly- manthanein math- to learn mendh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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