Who is mimicking who--?

[chuckpeterson]

Who is mimicking who--?

I’ve watched a few news broadcasts from foreign countries and I have noticed that some places in Europe and other places have signs at street corners that say “STOP” & police officers have “Police” on their vests. I have noticed that this even occurs in countries where English is not the countries official language but the words are English. What I am wonders is who was first to use the term “police” and or “STOP”-?

Just asking

 

[LionL]

The word Police has its origins in the Mediaeval Latin Politia (meaning citizenship or government).
The word was adapted into both English and French with the same meaning. Current meaning 'A force for public order' adopted in England in the 1400s.

The word Stop also has its origins in Latain and comes from the word Stuppare (meaning to block or bung up). This was adopted into Western German as Stopfen (same meaning), then into Old English as Forstoppian and that is the root of today's Stop.

Hope that was what you were after.

 

[chuckpeterson]

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