Two words that contain 'polis' are polish and Annapolis (or Indianapolis).
Polis doesn't have any wors stems! polis is actually a word stem itself polis means city. for example police has polis in it as a word stem!
Metropolis, politics for polis.
Often one finds that English words are derived from Greek words. This couldn't be farther from the truth with the Greek word Polis. The Greek word Polis is found in modern words: metropolis, Annapolis,and Minneapolis.
The polis of Athens means the politics of Athens (city of Greece). Polis is the root word of politics. Polis is the Greek word for "city" or "city-state". The Polis of Athens would be the city of Athens. The word is a part of modern English words such as "metropolis".
indianapolis: a city
politics, policy, politican
The Greek word for town is η πόλη(the town/city. The plural is οι πόλεις(the towns/cities). For simple words or sentences, just use Google Translate. It's much faster than waiting for an answer.
The Greek word is polis, from which we derive today such words as politics, political, politicians etc.
If you mean what words does Αkropolis come from.. Then it's akro + polis [akro = edge, polis = town]. So Akropolis means the edge of the town.
Polis is a greek word for city-state.
"Polis" is a suffix that in Greek literally means city. Words that end in polis such as acropolis (which is a high city on elevated ground) and metropolis (which is a large city or urban area) have the suffix. Town and city names can also end with polis. It means city, and the root or prefix of the word can further influence the words overall meaning.
it's Polis because there was no Greek word for city