Where does “polisbil” come from?
polisbil (Swedish) comes from Swedish polis, from French police, from Italian polizia, from Russian поли́ция, from Polish policja, from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
polisbil (Swedish): a police car, a patrol car
Definitions
- a police car, a patrol car
Ancestry of “polisbil”, step by step
polisbil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish polis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | polis | police |
| 2 | French | police | police; cop; policy |
| 3 | Italian | polizia | police |
| 4 | Russian | поли́ция | police |
| 5 | Polish | policja | police |
| 6 | German | Polizei | police |
| 7 | Catalan | policia | police; policeman, policewoman |
| 8 | Late Latin | politia | citizenship; government; state, government |
| 9 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Swedish bil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bil | a car, an automobile |
| 2 | Danish | bil | car, automobile |
| 3 | Danish | automobil | automobile |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |