right make sense, still, the root *polis* is earlier than the greek poitikos, as I assume is a polis+tikos? but *tikos* brings me nowhere. Did check [*politic*](https://www.etymonline.com/word/politic), just shared the wrong link above.

Knowing the etymology is great, but don't get things mixed up. The "Tic" you shared is a recent medical term, which is different from "politic" that comes from the Greek "politikós."

Fenix

Here another one https://stacker.news/items/1454922/r/AG

Some interesting stuff coming up! A good reason that validate my decision to stay away from politics lol.

Politics_And_Law

AGORA

Some interesting stuff coming up! A good reason that validate my decision to stay away from politics lol.

As $$polis$$ mean many *people/minds* closed in a "secure" space + $$tics$$, literally *severe facial neuralgia*.

You do the math

![polis(n.)"ancient Greek city-state," 1894, from Greek polis, ptolis "citadel, fort, city, one's city; the state, community, citizens," from PIE *tpolh- "citadel; enclosed space, often on high ground; hilltop" (source also of Sanskrit pur, puram, genitive purah "city, citadel," Lithuanian pilis "fortress").](https://m.stacker.news/134666)

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![tic(n.)condition characterized by twitching of a facial muscle, 1822, often a shortening of tic douloureux "severe facial neuralgia," literally "painful twitch" (1798), from French tic "a twitching disease of horses" (17c.), a word of unknown origin. Klein suggests onomatopoeia; Diez and Century Dictionary compare it to Italian ticchio "whim, caprice, ridiculous habit," itself of unknown origin.](https://m.stacker.news/134665)