Words that come from Ancient Greek πόλις

400 words across 29 languages descend from Ancient Greek πόλις — including political, policy, police, politics, politically, politician, Constantinople, policeman.

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English (258)

Italian (44)

Ancient Greek (25)

Latin (10)

French (9)

Dutch (9)

Middle French (5)

Slovak (4)

Swedish (3)

Tagalog (3)

Hungarian (3)

Indonesian (3)

Russian (3)

Greek (2)

Turkish (2)

Danish (2)

Polish (2)

Czech (2)

Cebuano (1)

Galician (1)

Chinese (1)

Armenian (1)

Arabic (1)

Korean (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Estonian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Sicilian (1)

Maltese (1)