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Where does “-cracy” come from?

-cracy (English) comes from Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ — rule; -cracy; form of government.

-cracy (English): rule

Definitions

  1. rule

Ancestry of “-cracy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱrule; -cracy; form of government

Words derived from “-cracy”

  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • autocracy
  • theocracy
  • meritocracy
  • technocracy
  • bureaucratically
  • slavocracy
  • adhocracy
  • gerontocracy
  • plantocracy
  • kleptocracy
  • mobocracy
  • ethnocracy
  • antibureaucratic
  • hierocracy
  • gynecocracy
  • physiocracy
  • corporatocracy
  • monocracy
  • nonbureaucratic
  • pantisocracy
  • pigmentocracy
  • unbureaucratic
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