Where does “femocrat” come from?
femocrat (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.
femocrat (English): A female politician or senior civil servant; a...
Definitions
- A female politician or senior civil servant; a...
Ancestry of “femocrat”, step by step
femocrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bureaucrat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bureaucrat | An official who is part of a bureaucracy; A wiki... |
| 2 | French | bureaucrate | bureaucrat |
| 3 | French | bureaucratie | bureaucracy |
| 4 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 5 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 6 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 7 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English female
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | female | Belonging to the sex which typically produces... |
| 2 | Middle English | female | — |
| 3 | Middle English | femelle | — |
| 4 | Old French | femelle | female |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | femella | a female; girl, young woman; vocative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | femella | girl, young woman; vocative singular of femella;... |
| 7 | Latin | fēmina | woman |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | fēmanā | woman |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ | who sucks; one who is sucked; one who suckles;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |