Where does “plismones” come from?
plismones (Welsh) comes from Welsh plismon, from English policeman, from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
plismones (Welsh): policewoman, female police officer
Definitions
- policewoman, female police officer
Ancestry of “plismones”, step by step
plismones traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh plismon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | plismon | policeman, police officer |
| 2 | English | policeman | A member of a police force, especially one who is... |
| 3 | English | police | A civil force granted the legal authority for law... |
| 4 | Middle French | police | governance; management |
| 5 | Latin | polītīa | state, government, administration |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολιτεία | the relation in which a citizen stands to the... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Welsh es
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | es | first-person singular preterite of mynd |