Where does “أرستقراطي” come from?
أرستقراطي (Arabic) comes from French aristocrate, from French aristocratie, from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ, from Ancient Greek ἄριστος, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éristos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
أرستقراطي (Arabic): aristocratic
Definitions
- aristocratic
Ancestry of “أرستقراطي”, step by step
أرستقراطي traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French aristocrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aristocrate | aristocratic; aristocrat, noble |
| 2 | French | aristocratie | an aristocracy |
| 3 | Middle French | aristocratie | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | aristocratia | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀριστοκρατίᾱ | aristocracy; the rule of the best; the rule of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄριστος | best (in multivarious contexts) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éristos | fittest, most fitting, most suitable |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Arabic ـِيّ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | ـِيّ | {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and... |