Where does “acropolă” come from?

acropolă (Romanian) comes from French acropole, from Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

acropolă (Romanian): acropolis

Definitions

  1. acropolis

Ancestry of “acropolă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchacropoleacropolis
2Ancient GreekἈκρόπολιςAcropolis
3Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
4Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
5Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis →Every word from Proto-Hellenic ptólis →