Etymology

impolitic

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Today it means: Not in accordance with good policy. Full definition →

English politic ← Middle French politique ← Latin polīticus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
  9. Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
  10. Ancient Greekπολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
  11. Ancient Greekπολιτικός (politikós)
  12. Latinpolīticus
  13. Middle Frenchpolitique
  14. Englishpolitic
  15. English todayimpolitic

From im- + politic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.