Where does “policijski” come from?
policijski (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian polìcija, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
policijski (Serbo-Croatian): police; constabulary; as a policeman
Definitions
- police; constabulary; as a policeman
Ancestry of “policijski”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | polìcija | — |
| 2 | Polish | policja | police |
| 3 | German | Polizei | police |
| 4 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 5 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 6 | Latin | polītīa | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |