polit / polis
city, citizen
Greek · polis, polites (πόλις)
Greek polis means city; polites means citizen. Politics is the business of the city, police keep it in order, a metropolis is a mother city, and an acropolis is a high city.
Memory trick
Polit: the police keep the polis, the city, safe.
Words from this root
- politics (polit + ics) — the business of governing a cityराजनीति
- political (polit + ical) — about government and powerराजनीतिक
- politician (polit + ician) — a person in politicsराजनेता
- police (polic + e) — city officers who keep orderपुलिस
- policy (polic + y) — a plan of action of governmentनीति
- metropolis (metro + polis) — a mother city, large cityमहानगर
- megalopolis (megalo + polis) — a very great cityविशाल महानगर
- acropolis (acro + polis) — a high city, a citadelऊँचा क़िलाबंद नगर
- necropolis (necro + polis) — a city of the deadक़ब्रिस्तान, मृतकों का नगर
- cosmopolitan (cosmo + polit + an) — of the whole world cityविश्वव्यापी, सर्वदेशीय
- cosmopolis (cosmo + polis) — a city of many nationsबहुराष्ट्रीय नगर
- geopolitics (geo + polit + ics) — politics shaped by geographyभू-राजनीति
- apolitical (a + polit + ical) — not interested in politicsराजनीति से उदासीन