The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπολιτεία“city, state, system of government”
- English todaypoliteia
From Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “city, state, system of government”). Doublet of police and policy.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπολιτεία all →
policypolity
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.