Etymology of “Πόλις”
Tracing the origin and linguistic journey from Ancient Greek
Source language
Ancient Greek
Ancestry links
2
Descendants
35
Word Origin Summary
Πόλις is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.
Ancestry Chain
Descendants and Related Terms
- πόλη
Greek · derived from
- polizzìa
Sicilian · derived from
- Minneapolis
English · derived from
- ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ
Coptic · borrowed from
- インディアナポリス
Japanese · borrowed from
- Florianópolis
English · derived from
- policlínica
Spanish · derived from
- poliste
Italian · derived from
What You Can Explore
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