Where does “polisiestasie” come from?
polisiestasie (Afrikaans) comes from French stasie, from English statie, from Dutch station, from French station, from Old French estation, from Latin statiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
polisiestasie (Afrikaans): police station
Definitions
- police station
Ancestry of “polisiestasie”, step by step
polisiestasie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French stasie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | stasie | stasis |
| 2 | English | statie | A state trooper |
| 3 | Dutch | station | station (place for vehicles to stop) |
| 4 | French | station | station |
| 5 | Old French | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 6 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
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 |