Etymology of the English word policewoman
the English word
policewomanderived from 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-using the English suffix
-womanderived from the English word
womanderived from the English word
manderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*manwazderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*man-derived from the English word
wifederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghwībh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wibanderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghwibh-Usage
Word found in Modern English
