myEtymology.com: English etymology of politics

Etymology of the English word politics

the English word politics

using the English suffix -ics

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-

Dutch politiek, English political, French politique, German politisch, German Politik, Icelandic pólitískur, Italian politica, Lithuanian politika, Norwegian politisk, Polish polityka, Russian политика, Swedish politisk