Where does “economocracy” come from?
economocracy (English) comes from English economy, from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία, from Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
economocracy (English): state control over economic affairs
Definitions
- state control over economic affairs
Ancestry of “economocracy”, step by step
economocracy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English economy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | economy | Effective management of a community or system, or... |
| 2 | Latin | oeconomia | The management of household affairs; arrangement,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οἰκονομία | the management of a household or family,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οἰκονόμος | one who manages a household, the master of the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English ocracy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ocracy | Any of various forms of government or rule as designated by words ending in -ocracy |