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Where does “jefe político” come from?

jefe político (Spanish) comes from Spanish político, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “jefe político”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpolíticopolitical; in-law; politician
2Latinpolīticus—
3Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
4Swedishpolitikpolitics
5Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “jefe político”

  • jefe político
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