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Where does “Bundespolizei” come from?

Bundespolizei (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.

Bundespolizei (German): federal police

Definitions

  1. federal police

Ancestry of “Bundespolizei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPolizeipolice
2Catalanpoliciapolice; policeman, policewoman
3Late Latinpolitiacitizenship; government; state, government
4Latinpolītīa—
5Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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