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Where does “κοσμοπολίτης” come from?

κοσμοπολίτης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πολίτης, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

κοσμοπολίτης (Ancient Greek): citizen of the world

Definitions

  1. citizen of the world

Ancestry of “κοσμοπολίτης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπολίτηςcitizen, freeman; fellow citizen, compatriot
2Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
3Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
4Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

Words derived from “κοσμοπολίτης”

  • cosmopolitan
  • cosmopolitanism
  • cosmopolite
  • cosmopolitism
  • noncosmopolitan
  • subcosmopolitan
  • cosmopolitanize
  • cosmopolitanise
  • cosmopolites
  • cosmopolita
  • cosmopolite
  • cosmopolita
  • космополитизм
  • cosmopolitisme
  • cosmopolite
  • Kosmopolitismus
  • cosmopolita
  • kosmopoliet
  • kosmopolitisme
  • kozmopolitizam
  • козмополитизам
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