Where does “Kirchenpolitik” come from?

Kirchenpolitik (German) comes from German Politik, from French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Kirchenpolitik (German): policy towards the or a church

Definitions

  1. policy towards the or a church

Ancestry of “Kirchenpolitik”, step by step

Kirchenpolitik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Politik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPolitikpolitics
2Frenchpolitiquepolitical; politics; policy
3Latinpolīticuspolitical, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity
4Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
5Swedishpolitikpolitics
6Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via German kirche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankirchechurch building
2Middle High Germankirchechurch
3Old High Germankirihhachurch
4Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
5Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
6Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
7Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της