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)
- political
- policy
- police
- politics
- politically
- politician
- Constantinople
- policeman
- Minneapolis
- metropolitan
- metropolis
- cosmopolitan
- polity
- politic
- Met
- geopolitical
- policymaking
- sociopolitical
- Tripoli
- sloppy
- cosmopolitanism
- politique
- politico
- metro
- Acropolis
- polis
- politicization
- unmet
- apolitical
- slop
- geopolitics
- impolitic
- pol
- policyholder
- Adrianople
- realpolitik
- Persepolis
- metropole
- Sevastopol
- necropolis
- nonpolitical
- Nablus
- Ostpolitik
- Polis
- politicking
- biopolitical
- biopolitics
- policewoman
- policymaker
- acropolis
- politicize
- sloppiness
- depoliticization
- Tripolitania
- sloppily
- nonmetropolitan
- Nicopolis
- Decapolis
- Constantinopolitan
- poleis
- cosmopolite
- micropolitics
- megalopolis
- propolis
- depoliticize
- cosmo
- unpolitical
- cosmogenic
- politick
- ethnopolitical
- Weltpolitik
- micropolitical
- antipolitical
- Pollie
- politeia
- politicoeconomic
- metrorrhagia
- politicide
- religiopolitical
- macropolitical
- Tripolitanian
- policial
- sociopolitically
- Christianopolis
- cosmopolitism
- policer
- nonmetro
- Volkspolizei
- psychopolitical
- antipolitics
- micropolitan
- politicoreligious
- overpoliticization
- macropolitics
- MetroCard
- metroplasty
- cosmogram
- Neapoli
- Vopo
- ethnopolitics
- cosmopolitics
- cosmodrome
- sociopolitics
- technopolis
- cosmogenesis
- metropolitanism
- postpolitical
- apolitically
- ecopolitics
- metapolitics
- nonpolicy
- politicly
- Nabeul
- necropolitics
- semipolitical
- metapolitical
- nonpolice
- impolitically
- policework
- cosmorama
- metropolitanate
- megapolis
- ecopolitical
- biopolitically
- helepolis
- politruk
- pollis
- slipslop
- tripolite
- antipolice
- politicism
- impolitical
- nonpolitically
- technopolitical
- geopolitician
- technopolitics
- cosmotheism
- Ecumenopolis
- psychopolitics
- cyberpolitics
- petropolitics
- antipolitician
- politicalness
- metenkephalin
- undermet
- policlinic
- cosmometry
- impoliticly
- hyperpolitical
- necropolitical
- unpolitic
- slopseller
- nonpolitician
- machtpolitik
- policelike
- ideopolitical
- politicohistorical
- neuropolitics
- isopolity
- cosmochemical
- noncosmopolitan
- ideopolis
- apoliticality
- metrocentric
- metropolite
- Alexandroupoli
- pollie
- unpolitically
- multipolicy
- depoliticalization
- telepolitics
- interpolity
- policeless
- cosmochronology
- unpoliceable
- policeperson
- politricks
- sloppery
- acropoleis
- policemanlike
- policeable
- cosmogenically
- cosmocratic
- slopwork
- realpolitiker
- policeboat
- metapolicy
- mettest
- cosmoramic
- micropolitically
- politicker
- metromania
- politicist
- cosmotron
- policywise
- politicogeographical
- unpolicied
- Adrianopolitan
- cosmochronometer
- politicoethical
- metotic
- bolitics
- policemanly
- politicizable
- acropolitan
- politicalism
- politicaster
- politicizer
- cyberpolice
- politicalize
- dodecapolis
- metrorrhagic
- subcosmopolitan
- cosmolatry
- minimetropolis
- politiquely
- cosmopolitanize
- cosmotheist
- Nicopolitan
- nucleocosmochronology
- metrometer
- realpolitician
- politicoeconomically
- metrobus
- metroscope
- superpolitic
- realpolitikal
- cosmochemically
- antipolicy
- telepolitical
- politicophobia
- policide
- cosmozoa
- mispolicy
- policyholding
- ecilop
- unsloppy
- astropolitics
- astropolitical
- cosmocide
- metropolitanly
- cosmozoic
- impoliticalness
- impoliticness
- metapolitician
- metrodynia
- metro-
- metrophlebitis
- esclop
- pollyspeak
- body politic
- jefe político
- exopolitics
- political correctness
- militician
- -poleis
- power politics
- socio-political
Italian (44)
- politicastro
- politico
- Tripoli
- Napoli
- metro
- metropolitana
- politica
- chilometro
- napoletano
- kilometro
- optometro
- cronometro
- decametro
- decimetro
- polizia
- poliziotto
- esametro
- geopolitica
- geopolitico
- millimetro
- apolitico
- parametro
- spoliticizzare
- politicizzare
- -poli
- nanometro
- termometro
- perimetro
- calorimetro
- igrometro
- ipsometro
- parametrizzare
- parametrizzazione
- pluviometro
- tachimetro
- metraggio
- chilometraggio
- kilometraggio
- cronometraggio
- mediometraggio
- telemetro
- telemetraggio
- politicizzazione
- apoliticamente