myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of policeman

Etymology of the Italian word policeman

the Italian word policeman

derived from the English word policeman

derived from the English word police

derived from 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-

using the English suffix -man

derived from the English word man

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *manwaz

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