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Where does “politruk” come from?

politruk (English) comes from Russian политру́к, from Russian полити́ческий, from Russian поли́тика, from German Politik, from French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

politruk (English): A supervisory political officer responsible for...

Definitions

  1. A supervisory political officer responsible for...

Ancestry of “politruk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianполитру́к—
2Russianполити́ческий—
3Russianполи́тика—
4GermanPolitikpolitics
5Frenchpolitiquepolitical; politics; policy
6Latinpolīticus—
7Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
8Swedishpolitikpolitics
9Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
10Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
11Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
12Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
13Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
14Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
15Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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