section_path: Etymology
section_name: Etymology
paragraph_text: Etymology
  
  The English word politics has its roots in the name of Aristotle 's classic work, Politiká, which introduced the Ancient Greek term politiká (Πολιτικά, ' affairs of the cities '). In the mid-15th century, Aristotle's composition would be rendered in Early Modern English as Polettiques, which would become Politics in Modern English.
  
  The singular politic first attested in English in 1430, coming from Middle French politique —itself taking from politicus, a Latinization of the Greek πολιτικός (politikos) from πολίτης (polites, ' citizen ') and πόλις (polis, ' city ').