politic

politic · adjective, noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπολιτικός
2. Latin · derived frompolīticus
3. Middle French · borrowed frompolitique
4. English todaypolitic

From Middle French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós), from πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Cognate with German politisch (“political”). Doublet of politico.

politic · verb²

Back-formation from politicking.

Words from the same roots