02/12/2018 9:12 - The New EuropeanPETER TRUDGILL: History behind a trieste toastThe New EuropeanThe modern Greek word is póli. Metropolis originally meant 'mother city', from Ancient Greek méter, 'mother'. Megalopolis comes from Greek megálo, 'big', while Acropolis contains the Greek form ácro-, 'highest'. The word politics comes ultimately from ... ...