Where does “միլիցիա” come from?
միլիցիա (Armenian) comes from Russian мили́ция, from Polish milicja, from Latin mīlitia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
միլիցիա (Armenian): militsia the police in the Soviet Union
Definitions
- militsia the police in the Soviet Union
Ancestry of “միլիցիա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | мили́ция | police, militsia during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states |
| 2 | Polish | milicja | militsia; militia |
| 3 | Latin | mīlitia | military service |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |