Where does “polis dunggab” come from?
polis dunggab (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano polis, from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
polis dunggab (Cebuano): a variation of hide and seek, where the it finds...
Definitions
- a variation of hide and seek, where the it finds...
Ancestry of “polis dunggab”, step by step
polis dunggab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano polis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | polis | A police officer; a cop; A civil force granted... |
| 2 | English | police | A civil force granted the legal authority for law... |
| 3 | Middle French | police | governance; management |
| 4 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Cebuano dunggab
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | dunggab | the red dragon tile; to knife; to stab |