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Where does “antipolicial” come from?

antipolicial (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese policial, from Portuguese polícia, from Late Latin politia, 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.

antipolicial (Portuguese): antipolice

Definitions

  1. antipolice

Ancestry of “antipolicial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepolicialrelating to the police; police officer
2Portuguesepolíciapolice; policeman, policewoman
3Late Latinpolitiacitizenship; government; state, government
4Latinpolītīa—
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
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