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Where does “πολῑτείᾱ” come from?

πολῑτείᾱ (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

πολῑτείᾱ (Ancient Greek): the relation in which a citizen stands to the...

Definitions

  1. the relation in which a citizen stands to the...

Ancestry of “πολῑτείᾱ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
2Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
3Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “πολῑτείᾱ”

  • policy
  • police
  • policeman
  • polity
  • policymaking
  • policyholder
  • policewoman
  • policymaker
  • politeia
  • policial
  • policer
  • Volkspolizei
  • nonpolicy
  • nonpolice
  • policework
  • pollis
  • antipolice
  • parapolice
  • policelike
  • interpolity
  • multipolicy
  • unpoliceable
  • policeless
  • policeperson
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