Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late Middle English: from Old French policie ‘civil administration’, via Latin from Greek politeia ‘citizenship’, from politēs ‘citizen’, from polis ‘city’.sense 3 mid 16th cent.: from French police ‘bill of lading, contract of insurance’, from Provençal poliss(i)a, probably from medieval Latin apodissa, apodixa, based on Greek apodeixis ‘evidence, proof’, from apodeiknunai ‘demonstrate, show’. (责任编辑:) |