Word Origin Summary

*ptólis is attested in Proto-Hellenic. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• πόλη

  Greek · derived from

• πτόλις

  Ancient Greek · inherited 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

What You Can Explore

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• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root