Polygyny

Not to be confused with Polygamy or Polyamory.

Polygyny (/pəˈlɪdʒɪni/) is a form of polygamy entailing the marriage of a man to several women. The term polygyny is from Neoclassical Greek πολυγυνία (polugunía); from Ancient Greek πολύ (polú) 'many' and γυνή (gunḗ) 'woman, wife'.[1]

  1. ^ A Greek–English Lexicon, Liddell & Scott, s.v. γυνή
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