English
policide
Policide comes from Ancient Greek πόλις ‘city’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tpólHisreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ptólis‘city’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπόλιςpólis‘city’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010policide
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tpólHisreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ptólis‘city’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπόλιςpólis‘city’
- Englishearliest quotation 2010policide
Earliest quotation: 2010, Steve J. Stern: “In Chile the project of policide—annihilating the Left and…”
The story
Coined based on Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city; state”) and the suffix -cide.
Linked words
through Ancient Greek πόλις ‘city’
Today it means
noun The intentional destruction of a nation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis / policide