Ethicopolitical is a compound combining ethico- (from Ancient Greek ēthikos 'moral', from ēthos 'character') and political (from Greek politikos 'of citizens', from polis 'city'). Morphologically, the form is compositional, with the named elements combining to produce the modern spelling and sense. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "relating to both ethics and politics together", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as ethics, ethical, political, and politics, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Ancient Greek ēthikos and Ancient Greek politikos, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.