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Where does “Polizei” come from?

Polizei (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Polizei (German): police

Definitions

  1. police

Ancestry of “Polizei”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Polizei”

  • Volkspolizei
  • polizia
  • poliziotto
  • поли́ция
  • полицай
  • полиция
  • police
  • polizeitaktisch
  • Polizeihund
  • polizeibekannt
  • polizeilich
  • Polizeiwache
  • Polizeifunk
  • Polizeischutz
  • Polizeiauto
  • Volkspolizei
  • polizeiähnlich
  • Polizist
  • Polizistin
  • Polizeistaat
  • Bundespolizei
  • polis
  • policja
  • policjant
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