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Where does “-cratic” come from?

-cratic (English) comes from Middle French -cratique.

-cratic (English): used to form adjectives, of or befitting -cracy;...

Definitions

  1. used to form adjectives, of or befitting -cracy;...

Ancestry of “-cratic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle French-cratique—

Words derived from “-cratic”

  • technocratic
  • plutocratic
  • physiocratic
  • leucocratic
  • kleptocratic
  • monocratic
  • hierocratic
  • Eurocratic
  • phallocratic
  • technocratically
  • polycratic
  • gynocratic
  • adhocratic
  • monocratically
  • melanocratic
  • ideocratic
  • ochlocratic
  • nontechnocratic
  • antitechnocratic
  • plutocratically
  • androcratic
  • cosmocratic
  • heterocratic
  • logocratic
Every word from Middle French -cratique →