Where does “billionocracy” come from?
billionocracy (English) comes from English billionaire, from English billion, from French billion, from French -illion, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione.
billionocracy (English): A government run by billionaires, or heavily influenced by billionaires
Definitions
- A government run by billionaires, or heavily influenced by billionaires
Ancestry of “billionocracy”, step by step
billionocracy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English billionaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | billionaire | Somebody whose wealth is greater than one billion... |
| 2 | English | billion | cardinal... |
| 3 | French | billion | 10; a long scale billion; a short scale trillion |
| 4 | French | -illion | illion |
| 5 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 6 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 7 | Old French | millon | — |
| 8 | Italian | milione | million |
| 9 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 10 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |
via English ‐o‐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 2 | English | -prim | Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as |
| 3 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 4 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 5 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 6 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 7 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 8 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |