Where does “politiko” come from?
politiko (Ido) comes from Esperanto politiko, from English politics, from English politic, from Middle French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
politiko (Ido): politics; policy
Definitions
- politics; policy
Ancestry of “politiko”, step by step
politiko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto politiko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | politiko | politics; policy |
| 2 | English | politics | A methodology and activities associated with... |
| 3 | English | politic | Of or relating to polity, or civil government;... |
| 4 | Middle French | politique | — |
| 5 | Latin | polīticus | political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity |
| 6 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 7 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |