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Where does “politicist” come from?

politicist (English) comes from English politic, from Middle French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

politicist (English): A political writer

Definitions

  1. A political writer

Ancestry of “politicist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoliticOf or relating to polity, or civil government;...
2Middle Frenchpolitique—
3Latinpolīticus—
4Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
5Swedishpolitikpolitics
6Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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