Etymology of the English word police
the English word
policederived from the French word
policederived from the Old French word
policiederived from the Late Latin word
politiaderived from the Greek word
politeia, πολιτεία (citizenship; concretely, a community)
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-Derivations in English
policeman,
policeperson,
policewoman,
policed,
policingCognates
Dutch
polis, Dutch
politie, English
policy, French
police, German
Polizei, German
Police, Italian
polizza, Lithuanian
policija, Norwegian
polise, Norwegian
politi, Polish
policja, Russian
пoлиция, Spanish
policía, Swedish
polisUsage
Word found in Modern English
