Where does “kantor polisi” come from?
kantor polisi (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kantor, from Malay kantor, from Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter, from Latin computāre — resin.
kantor polisi (Indonesian): police station
Definitions
- police station
Ancestry of “kantor polisi”, step by step
kantor polisi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian kantor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kantor | office, a room, set of rooms, or building used... |
| 2 | Malay | kantor | office |
| 3 | Dutch | kantoor | office |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | cantoor | — |
| 5 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 6 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 7 | Old French | compter | — |
| 8 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 10 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Dutch politiekantoor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | politiekantoor | police station |
| 2 | Dutch | politie | police; policy, governance |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | policie | — |
| 4 | Middle French | policie | policy; rule; law; regulation |
| 5 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 6 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Indonesian polisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | polisi | police, a civil force granted the legal authority... |