Where does “polisi syariah” come from?

polisi syariah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian polisi, from Dutch politie, from Middle Dutch policie, from Middle French policie, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

polisi syariah (Indonesian): Islamic religious police

Definitions

  1. Islamic religious police

Ancestry of “polisi syariah”, step by step

polisi syariah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian polisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpolisipolice, a civil force granted the legal authority...
2Dutchpolitiepolice; policy, governance
3Middle Dutchpolicie
4Middle Frenchpoliciepolicy; rule; law; regulation
5Late Latinpolitiacitizenship; government; state, government
6Latinpolītīastate, government, administration
7Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
8Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
9Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
10Proto-Hellenic-tāts
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
13Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Indonesian syariah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansyariah
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της