polythetic

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having many, but not all properties in common.
    — A polythetic taxon is one where the constituent organisms share a large number of characteristics.

词形变化

more polythetic comparative most polythetic superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis)
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English polythetic
From poly- + Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “arrangement”) + English -ic.
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