Editing Police (section)

==Etymology==
First attested in English in the early 15th century, originally in a range of senses encompassing '(public) policy; state; public order', the word ''police'' comes from [[Middle French]] {{lang|frm|police}} ('public order, administration, government'),<ref>{{cite web|title=Police|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/146823|website=Oxford English Dictionary|access-date=4 February 2015}}</ref> in turn from [[Latin]] {{lang|la|politia}},<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dpolitia politia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224171315/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=politia |date=24 February 2021 }}, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> which is the [[Romanization of Greek|romanization]] of the [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|πολιτεία}} ({{transliteration|grc|politeia}}) 'citizenship, administration, civil polity'.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpolitei%2Fa πολιτεία] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301193306/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpolitei%2Fa |date=1 March 2021 }},
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> This is derived from {{lang|grc|πόλις}} ({{transliteration|grc|[[polis]]}}) 'city'.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpo%2Flis πόλις] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422015817/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpo%2Flis |date=22 April 2016 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>