The story
- Latin · derived frompolire
- Italian · derived frompolitezza
- French · borrowed frompolitesse
- English todaypolitesse
From French politesse, from Italian politezza, from polito, past participle of pulire (“to clean”), from Latin polire, present active infinite form of poliō (“to polish”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpolire all →
polish
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.