Where does “Ecumenopolis” come from?
Ecumenopolis (English) comes from English Polis, from Scots polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Ecumenopolis (English): The global conurbation predicted and advocated by Constantinos Doxiadis
Definitions
- The global conurbation predicted and advocated by Constantinos Doxiadis
Ancestry of “Ecumenopolis”, step by step
Ecumenopolis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Polis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Polis | A Greek city-state |
| 2 | Scots | polis | police; Polish; polish |
| 3 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 4 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 5 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 6 | Polish | policja | police |
| 7 | German | Polizei | police |
| 8 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 9 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 10 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English ecumene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ecumene | All known inhabited areas of the world;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | οἰκουμένη | feminine nominative/vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οἰκέω | I inhabit; I colonize, settle in; I manage,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |