Etymology

politician

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Today it means: One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official. Full definition →

English politic ← Middle French politique ← Latin polīticus
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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 Greekπολιτικός (politikós)
  6. Latinpolīticus
  7. Middle Frenchpolitique
  8. Englishpolitic
  9. English todaypolitician

From politic + -ian.

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