Where does “policyholder” come from?
Policyholder comes from English policy and English holder, where policy derives from Ancient Greek póleis meaning city-state, and holder from English hold.
policyholder (English): A person who holds an insurance policy,...
Definitions
- A person who holds an insurance policy,...
Ancestry of “policyholder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | policy | A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to... |
| 2 | Middle English | policie | — |
| 3 | Old French | policie | — |
| 4 | Latin | polītīa | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |