Where does “πολιτεία” come from?
πολιτεία (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
πολιτεία (Greek): state; city, place; government, republic
Definitions
- state; city, place; government, republic
Ancestry of “πολιτεία”, step by step
πολιτεία traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek πολιτεία
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Byzantine Greek πολιτεία
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byzantine Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |