Where does “милиционе́р” come from?
милиционе́р (Russian) comes from Latin mīlitia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
милиционе́р (Russian): police officer, policeman, militsia officer during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states
Definitions
- police officer, policeman, militsia officer during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states
Ancestry of “милиционе́р”, step by step
милиционе́р traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin mīlitia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mīlitia | military service |
| 2 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via German Milizionär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Milizionär | militiaman |