Where does “politseiskoi” come from?
politseiskoi (Ingrian) comes from Russian полице́йский, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
politseiskoi (Ingrian): policeman
Definitions
- policeman
Ancestry of “politseiskoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | полице́йский | police |
| 2 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 3 | Polish | policja | police |
| 4 | German | Polizei | police |
| 5 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 6 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 7 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 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 |