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# The word polyamory joins Greek and Latin roots, which linguistics calls a barbarism
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/poliamorii-ne-dolzhno-sushchestvovat-eto-prosto-ne-estestvenno-i-dazhe-otvratitelno/
- Published: 2025-09-03T13:02:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:42:58.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Observations, Humour

Polyamory ought not to exist: it is simply unnatural and even revolting.

Poly is a Greek prefix, from the word πολύς, while amor is a Latin root.

So kindly choose: either polyphilia, with Greek morphemes only, or multiamory, with Latin ones only.

*And such an ugly mingling, a hybridisation of roots from different stocks, is known in linguistics as a barbarism.*