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Where does “educrat” come from?

educrat (English) comes from English bureaucrat, from French bureaucrate, from French bureaucratie, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

educrat (English): An official or administrator in a school district...

Definitions

  1. An official or administrator in a school district...

Ancestry of “educrat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbureaucratAn official who is part of a bureaucracy; A wiki...
2Frenchbureaucratebureaucrat
3Frenchbureaucratiebureaucracy
4Frenchbureaudesk; office; ticket office
5Middle Frenchburel—
6Old Frenchburelfrieze; a garment made out of frieze
7Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
8Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
9Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
10Proto-Italic-olos—
11Proto-Italic-elos—
12Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
13Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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