Where does “polisiekar” come from?
polisiekar (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans polisie, from Dutch politie, from Middle Dutch policie, from Middle French policie, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
polisiekar (Afrikaans): police car
Definitions
- police car
Ancestry of “polisiekar”, step by step
polisiekar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans polisie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | polisie | police |
| 2 | Dutch | politie | police; policy, governance |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | policie | — |
| 4 | Middle French | policie | policy; rule; law; regulation |
| 5 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 6 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Afrikaans kar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kar | cart; car, automobile |
| 2 | Dutch | kar | A cart; Any wheeled vehicle, in particular a car... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | carre | — |
| 4 | Latin | carrus | a wagon, a four-wheeled baggage cart; a cartload,... |
| 5 | Gaulish | karros | wagon |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | karros | wagon |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥sós | vehicle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱers- | to run |