'Politics' is rooted in the Greek polis — civic life as the essential context for human decision-making.
The activities associated with the governance of a country or area; the principles relating to or inherent in a sphere or activity, especially when concerned with power and status.
From Old French 'politique,' from Latin 'politicus,' from Greek 'politikos' (of or pertaining to citizens or the state), from 'politēs' (citizen), from 'polis' (city, city-state). In ancient Greece, the polis was the fundamental unit of political organization — a self-governing city-state. Greek 'politikos' thus meant 'of the citizen' or 'of civic life
Aristotle's famous statement that 'man is a political animal' (zoon politikon) does not mean that humans are naturally scheming or partisan. 'Political' here means 'belonging to the polis' — Aristotle's point was that human beings can only flourish in organized communities. Someone who lives outside the polis is, in Aristotle's words