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maiqi123
 
Reply Thu 15 Jun, 2006 02:04 am
As we all know the word "politics" . But what does "poli" mean in Latin? What about "tics" ? Thank you!
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McTag
 
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Reply Thu 15 Jun, 2006 02:08 am
I don't think you can split it down like that.
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Reyn
 
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Reply Fri 16 Jun, 2006 02:40 pm
The only other thing that I might add here is that the word "Politics" is derived from the Greek word for city-state, "Polis".
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