myEtymology.com: English etymology of impolitic

Etymology of the English word impolitic

the English word impolitic

derived from the English word im-

derived from the English word politic

derived from the Old French word politique

derived from the Latin word politicus (of the state, political)

derived from the Greek word politikos, πολιτικός

derived from the Greek word polites, πολίτης (a townsman)

derived from the Greek word polis, πόλις (a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-