Proto-Indo-European
*tpelH-
‘city’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-, most familiar first.
- police ← politia ← πολῑτείᾱ ← πολῑ́της ← πόλις
- polis ← πόλις ← *ptólis
- necropolis ← νεκρόπολις ← νεκρός ← *neḱ-
- politique ← politicus ← πολιτικός ← πολῑ́της ← πόλις
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-