Where does “verdeel-en-heerspolitiek” come from?

verdeel-en-heerspolitiek (Dutch) comes from Dutch politiek, 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.

verdeel-en-heerspolitiek (Dutch): divide-and-conquer policy

Definitions

divide-and-conquer policy

Ancestry of “verdeel-en-heerspolitiek”, step by step

verdeel-en-heerspolitiek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch politiek

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	politiek	politics; political
2	French	politique	political; politics; policy
3	Latin	polīticus	political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity
4	Swedish	politisk	political, having to do with politics
5	Swedish	politik	politics
6	Ancient Greek	πολιτικός	civic, constitutional, public; social
7	Ancient Greek	πολῑ́της	citizen
8	Ancient Greek	-της	Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9	Proto-Hellenic	-tāts	—
10	Proto-Indo-European	-teh₂ts	Used to form nouns representing state of being
11	Proto-Indo-European	-teh₂	Used to form nouns representing state of being
12	Proto-Indo-European	-tós	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Dutch verdeel en heers

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	verdeel en heers	divide and conquer, divide and rule
2	Latin	divide et impera	divide and rule

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -της →Every word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της →