Word Origin Summary

Πολιτικός is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• politocracy

  English · derived from

• político

  Spanish · derived from

• politikus

  Indonesian · derived from

• politikus

  Afrikaans · derived from

• político

  Portuguese · derived from

• politiker

  Danish · derived from

• politic

  English · derived from

• politiikka

  Finnish · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
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• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root