Where does “struccpolitika” come from?
struccpolitika (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian politika, from Latin politica, from Ancient Greek πολιτική, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.
struccpolitika (Hungarian): ostrich policy the tendency to ignore obvious problems and pretend they don't exist
Definitions
- ostrich policy the tendency to ignore obvious problems and pretend they don't exist
Ancestry of “struccpolitika”, step by step
struccpolitika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian politika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | politika | politics; policy |
| 2 | Latin | politica | nominative feminine singular of polīticus;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πολιτική | politics; relating to the state; politics |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via Hungarian strucc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | strucc | ostrich |