cosmopolite

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόσμος“world”
2. Koine Greek · derived fromκοσμοπολίτης“citizen of the world”
3. Latin · derived fromcosmopolītēs
4. French · borrowed fromcosmopolite
5. English todaycosmopolite

Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolītēs, itself borrowed from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs, “citizen of the world”), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).

Words from the same roots