Where does “technopolis” come from?
technopolis (English) comes from English Polis, from Scots polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
technopolis (English): A technologically advanced city, or one heavily...
Definitions
- A technologically advanced city, or one heavily...
Ancestry of “technopolis”, step by step
technopolis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Polis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Polis | A Greek city-state |
| 2 | Scots | polis | police; Polish; polish |
| 3 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 4 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 5 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 6 | Polish | policja | police |
| 7 | German | Polizei | police |
| 8 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 9 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 10 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English techno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | techno | A repetitive style of music originally produced... |
| 2 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |