Where does “ἀκρόπολις” come from?

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

ἀκρόπολις (Ancient Greek): acropolis, high part of a city

Definitions

  1. acropolis, high part of a city

Ancestry of “ἀκρόπολις”, step by step

ἀκρόπολις traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek πόλις

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

via Ancient Greek ἄκρος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἄκροςAt the edge, extreme, beginning, end: outermost;...
2Ancient Greekὦμοςthe shoulder with the upper arm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃émōsshoulder

via Ancient Greek ἄκρον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄκρονpeak; headland, cape; end, extremity
2Ancient Greekᾰ̓́κροςoutermost; pointed, sharp; topmost

Words derived from “ἀκρόπολις”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ptólis →