# -polis

> English word · Suffix

## Definitions
1. Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis
Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor.
Latin -polislbor.
English -polis
Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/polis