Etymology

polis

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Today it means: A Greek city-state. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis) ← Proto-Hellenic *ptólis ← Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-
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polis · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tpelH-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ptólis
  3. Ancient Greekπόλις (pólis)
  4. English todaypolis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”). Doublet of Puri and puri

polis · noun2

  1. Scots · borrowed frompolis
  2. English todaypolis

Borrowed from Scots polis. Doublet of police, policy, and polity.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπόλις all →

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