"having many meanings, polysemic," 1884, from Medieval Latin polysemus, from Greek polysemos "of many senses or meanings" (see polysemy).
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polysemy n.
"fact of having multiple meanings," 1900, from French polysémie (1897), from Medieval Latin polysemus, from Greek polysemos "of many senses or meanings," from polys "many" (from PIE root *pele- (1) "to fill") + sēma "sign" (see semantic). Related: Polysemic.