English Explanatory Dictionary

-polis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

Word forms

-polis -poleis -polises

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor. Latin -polislbor. English -polis Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Related words

acropolis aerotropolis ecumenopolis helepolis megalopolis megametropolis megapolis metropolis micropolis necropolis regiopolis
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