Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “antipolice” come from?

antipolice (English) comes from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

antipolice (English): Opposed to or prejudiced against the police

Definitions

  1. Opposed to or prejudiced against the police

Ancestry of “antipolice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoliceA civil force granted the legal authority for law...
2Middle Frenchpolicegovernance; management
3Latinpolītīa—
4Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
5Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
6Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
7Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
8Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →