Etymology

policial

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Today it means: Relating to the police. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English police ← Middle French police
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
  3. Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
  4. Ancient Greekπολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
  5. Ancient Greekπολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)
  6. Latinpolitia
  7. Middle Frenchpolice
  8. Englishpolice
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. English todaypolicial

From police + -ial.

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