Where does “Bereitschaftspolizei” come from?
Bereitschaftspolizei (German) comes from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Bereitschaftspolizei (German): riot police
Definitions
- riot police
Ancestry of “Bereitschaftspolizei”, step by step
Bereitschaftspolizei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Polizei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Polizei | police |
| 2 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 3 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 4 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via German Bereitschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bereitschaft | willingness; standby; duty, guard, on call... |
| 2 | German | -schaft | -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old High German | -skaft | ship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |