myEtymology.com: French etymology of police

Etymology of the French word police

the French word police

derived from the Old French word policie

derived from the Late Latin word politia

derived 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-

English police

Dutch polis, Dutch politie, English police, English policy, German Polizei, German Police, Italian polizza, Lithuanian policija, Norwegian polise, Norwegian politi, Polish policja, Russian пoлиция, Spanish policía, Swedish polis