Where does “политкорре́ктный” come from?
политкорре́ктный (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.
Ancestry of “политкорре́ктный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | полити́ческий | political |
| 2 | Russian | поли́тика | politics |
| 3 | German | Politik | politics |
| 4 | French | politique | political; politics; policy |
| 5 | Latin | polīticus | political, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity |
| 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 |