Where does “politikanhon” come from?
politikanhon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano politika, from Spanish política, from Spanish político, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
politikanhon (Cebuano): political
Ancestry of “politikanhon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | politika | politics |
| 2 | Spanish | política | politics; policy; female equivalent of político |
| 3 | Spanish | político | political; in-law; politician |
| 4 | Latin | polīticus | — |
| 5 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 6 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |