Where does “unpolicemanly” come from?
unpolicemanly (English) comes from English policemanly, from English policeman, from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
unpolicemanly (English): Unbefitting or uncharacteristic of a policeman
Definitions
- Unbefitting or uncharacteristic of a policeman
Ancestry of “unpolicemanly”, step by step
unpolicemanly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English policemanly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | policemanly | Of, befitting, or characteristic of a policeman;... |
| 2 | English | policeman | A member of a police force, especially one who is... |
| 3 | English | police | A civil force granted the legal authority for law... |
| 4 | Middle French | police | governance; management |
| 5 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |