Where does “Ostpolitik” come from?
Ostpolitik (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.
Ostpolitik (German): The policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union
Definitions
- The policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union
Ancestry of “Ostpolitik”, step by step
Ostpolitik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Politik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Politik | politics |
| 2 | French | politique | political; politics; policy |
| 3 | Latin | polīticus | political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity |
| 4 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 5 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 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 |