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Where does “politisk” come from?

politisk (Danish) comes from German politisch, from French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

politisk (Danish): political

Definitions

  1. political

Ancestry of “politisk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpolitischpolitical
2Frenchpolitiquepolitical; politics; policy
3Latinpolīticus—
4Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
5Swedishpolitikpolitics
6Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “politisk”

  • upolitisk
  • udenrigspolitisk
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