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Where does “rikspolischef” come from?

rikspolischef (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.

rikspolischef (Swedish): a national police commissioner

Definitions

  1. a national police commissioner

Ancestry of “rikspolischef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpolispolice
2Frenchpolicepolice; cop; policy
3Italianpoliziapolice
4Russianполи́ция—
5Polishpolicjapolice
6GermanPolizeipolice
7Catalanpoliciapolice; policeman, policewoman
8Late Latinpolitiacitizenship; government; state, government
9Latinpolītīa—
10Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
11Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
12Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
13Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
14Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
15Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
16Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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