Where does “anjing polis” come from?

anjing polis (Malay) comes from Malay polis, from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

anjing polis (Malay): police dog

Definitions

  1. police dog

Ancestry of “anjing polis”, step by step

anjing polis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay polis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypolispolice, a civil force granted the legal authority...
2EnglishpoliceA civil force granted the legal authority for law...
3Middle Frenchpolicegovernance; management
4Latinpolītīastate, government, administration
5Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Malay anjing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayanjingdog
2Classical Malayanjingdog; a contemptible person, a motherfucker;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της
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