Where does “polisintendent” come from?
polisintendent (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.
polisintendent (Swedish): a chief superintendent
Definitions
- a chief superintendent
Ancestry of “polisintendent”, step by step
polisintendent 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 intendent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | intendent | superintendent, curator, administrator |
| 2 | Latin | intendere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | intendo | I stretch out; I strain; I turn my attention to,... |
| 4 | Latin | in- | un-, non-, not; in, within, inside |
| 5 | Latin | in | in, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |