police
Danish
[pʰoˈliːsə]
noun
Definitions
- policy contract of insurance
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French police derived from Italian polizza derived from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (proof, declaration).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀπόδειξις
Gloss
proof, declaration
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- apodixis English
- police English
- policeman English
- apodissa Latin
- apodixa Latin
- politia Latin
- Polizze German
- polizza Italian
- polis Dutch, Flemish
- police French
- póliza Spanish, Castilian
- ἀποδείκνῡμι Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδειξις Ancient Greek
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- polisa Polish
- pòlissa Catalan, Valencian
- poliçe Turkish
- police Middle French