Where does “космополити́зм” come from?
космополити́зм (Russian) comes from French cosmopolitisme, from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolites, from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης, from Ancient Greek πολίτης, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis — fortification, city.
космополити́зм (Russian): cosmopolitanism
Definitions
- cosmopolitanism
Ancestry of “космополити́зм”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cosmopolitisme | cosmopolitism |
| 2 | French | cosmopolite | cosmopolite; cosmopolitan |
| 3 | Latin | cosmopolites | cosmopolitan, cosmopolite; Cosmopolites |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κοσμοπολίτης | citizen of the world |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολίτης | citizen, freeman; fellow citizen, compatriot |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |