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Where does “noncosmopolitan” come from?

noncosmopolitan (English) comes from English cosmopolitan, from English cosmopolite, from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolites, from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης, from Ancient Greek πολίτης, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis — fortification, city.

noncosmopolitan (English): Not cosmopolitan

Definitions

  1. Not cosmopolitan

Ancestry of “noncosmopolitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcosmopolitaninclusive; affecting the whole world; composed of...
2EnglishcosmopoliteOne who is at home in every place; a citizen of...
3Frenchcosmopolitecosmopolite; cosmopolitan
4Latincosmopolitescosmopolitan, cosmopolite; Cosmopolites
5Ancient Greekκοσμοπολίτηςcitizen of the world
6Ancient Greekπολίτηςcitizen, freeman; fellow citizen, compatriot
7Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
8Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
9Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
10Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city
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