Etymology

geopolitics

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Today it means: The study of the effects of geography (especially economic geography) on politics and international relations, usually referring to countries and relations between them. Full definition →

Swedish geopolitik ← English politics ← Middle French politique
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
  8. Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
  9. Ancient Greekπολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
  10. Ancient Greekπολιτικός (politikós)
  11. Latinpolīticus
  12. Middle Frenchpolitique
  13. Englishpolitic
  14. Englishpolitics
  15. Swedishgeopolitik
  16. English todaygeopolitics

From geo- + politics, calque of Swedish geopolitik, coined in 1900 by Rudolf Kjellén.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.