English
POLAC
Blend of police + accident.
Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- ‘fortification; city’
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Ancient Greek πολῑ́της ‘citizen’
Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ ‘citizenship; government’
Latin polītīa ‘state, government’
Middle French police ‘governance’
English police
Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- ‘to fall’
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Latin accidō ‘happen’
Latin accidēns
Old French accident
Middle English accident
English accident
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / POLAC