Where does “Politesse” come from?
Politesse (German) comes from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολίτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
Politesse (German): female traffic warden, traffic directrix
Definitions
- female traffic warden, traffic directrix
Ancestry of “Politesse”, step by step
Politesse 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 | πολίτης | citizen, freeman; fellow citizen, compatriot |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French politesse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | politesse | politeness, courtesy; polite remark/action |
| 2 | Italian | politezza | polish; refinement |
| 3 | Italian | -ezza | Added to adjectives to form abstract nouns; -ity;... |
| 4 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |