of Gin, imp. & p. p. of Go.
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We use it to mean "sides" but the original meaning was "angles."
Suffix -gon means a figure having a specified kind or number of angles, like isogon. From the Greek -gnon meaning angle.That is the only definition I know of.
A heptacontakaienneagon or heptacontaenneagon, with the "heptaconta" at the start meaning 70 "kai" meaning "and", although some don't use the "kai" "ennea" meaning 9 and a final "-gon"
Greek: "poly-" from polus, meaning many. "gon" from gonia, meaning angle. Hence, many angles and implicitly many sides.
584 sides on a 100-Gon