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Where does “-κρατία” come from?

-κρατία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-κρατία (Ancient Greek): -cracy

Definitions

  1. -cracy

Ancestry of “-κρατία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
2Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
3Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-κρατία”

  • democracy
  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • democratization
  • autocracy
  • democrat
  • theocracy
  • bureaucrat
  • meritocracy
  • democratize
  • bureaucratization
  • technocracy
  • prodemocracy
  • bureaucratically
  • slavocracy
  • adhocracy
  • bureaucratism
  • gerontocracy
  • plantocracy
  • kleptocracy
  • mobocracy
  • ethnocracy
  • antibureaucratic
  • hierocracy
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