Where does “aristocràcia” come from?

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

aristocràcia (Catalan): aristocracy

Definitions

  1. aristocracy

Ancestry of “aristocràcia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-cracia-cracy
2Ancient Greek-κρατία-cracy
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Spanish -cracia →