Etymology

politique

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Today it means: A politician, especially one seen as being unprincipled. Full definition →

French politique ← Latin politicus
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  1. Latin · derived frompoliticus
  2. French · derived frompolitique
  3. English todaypolitique

From French politique, from Latin politicus. Doublet of politic.

Words from the same roots

Latinpoliticus all →

politicpolitocracypolitocratic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.