Where does “Sittenpolizei” come from?
Sittenpolizei (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.
Sittenpolizei (German): vice squad
Definitions
- vice squad
Ancestry of “Sittenpolizei”, step by step
Sittenpolizei 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 | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via German Sitte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sitte | normative standard of society, mos, custom,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | site | — |
| 3 | Old High German | situ | custom; habit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sidu | custom, habit, practice |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | siduz | custom, habit, practice; conduct |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swedʰ- | custom, habit; wont, habit, custom |