Where does “Политбюро” come from?
Политбюро (Russian) comes from Russian полити́ческий, from Russian поли́тика, from German Politik, from French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Политбюро (Russian): politburo, political bureau
Definitions
- politburo, political bureau
Ancestry of “Политбюро”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | полити́ческий | — |
| 2 | Russian | поли́тика | — |
| 3 | German | Politik | politics |
| 4 | French | politique | political; politics; policy |
| 5 | Latin | polīticus | — |
| 6 | Swedish | politisk | political, having to do with politics |
| 7 | Swedish | politik | politics |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολιτικός | civic, constitutional, public; social |
| 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 |