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Where does “socio-political” come from?

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

socio-political (English): Of or pertaining to a combination of social and...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a combination of social and...

Ancestry of “socio-political”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoliticalConcerning or relating to politics, the art and...
2EnglishpoliticOf or relating to polity, or civil government;...
3Middle Frenchpolitique—
4Latinpolīticus—
5Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
6Swedishpolitikpolitics
7Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
8Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
9Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
10Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “socio-political”

  • sociopolitical
  • sociopolitically
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