A polyhedron is a solid object all of whose faces are polygons.
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poly = many hedron = face
Poly means many and hedron means shape so it could mean any number of sides. Or simply put, as many as you like!
A 'hedron' from Latin. Hence 'polyhedron' a many sided three dimensional object.
It means angle or corner. (poly gon - many angled)
A polyhedron is a 3-dimensional shape with MANY, but UNSPECIFIED number of vertices. The number of edges and faces are therefore not specified either. Poly = many Hedron = Vertex