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Where does “Vopo” come from?

Vopo (English) comes from German Vopo, from German Volkspolizist, from German Polizist, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Vopo (English): A member of the Volkspolizei

Definitions

  1. A member of the Volkspolizei

Ancestry of “Vopo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVopo—
2GermanVolkspolizist—
3GermanPolizistpolice officer ; policeman
4GermanPolizeipolice
5Catalanpoliciapolice; policeman, policewoman
6Late Latinpolitiacitizenship; government; state, government
7Latinpolītīa—
8Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
9Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
10Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
11Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
14Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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