English
policeware
Policeware comes from Proto-Germanic *warō ‘a good, merchandise, ware’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warō‘a good, merchandise, ware’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warureconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150waru
- English1500–presentsoftware
- Englishtodaypoliceware
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*warō‘a good, merchandise, ware’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*warureconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150waru
- English1500–presentsoftware
- Englishtodaypoliceware
A compound of police + -ware
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
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to heed, watch, guard, protect’
wear, guard, con, garage, regard, ward, worm, verge, warn, garrison, weir, optic, panorama, beware, vermin, reverence, revere, wry, vermilion, diorama, prosaic, guaranty, milliner, vermeil, varmint, vermiculite, vermicelli, 64 more
through English software
Today it means
noun Synonym of govware.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *warō / policeware