Where does “narcodictatorship” come from?
narcodictatorship (English) comes from English narco, from English narcoleptic, from English narco-, from Ancient Greek ναρκόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
narcodictatorship (English): A dictatorship involved in drug trafficking
Definitions
- A dictatorship involved in drug trafficking
Ancestry of “narcodictatorship”, step by step
narcodictatorship traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English narco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | narco | Narcotics; A South American drug baron; A police... |
| 2 | English | narcoleptic | One who suffers from narcolepsy; Pertaining to... |
| 3 | English | narco- | Pertaining to stupor, sleep, or a state of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ναρκόω | I benumb |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English dictatorship
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dictatorship | A type of government where absolute sovereignty... |
| 2 | English | -ship | Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a... |
| 3 | Middle English | -schipe | Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns... |
| 4 | Old English | -sċiepe | noun-forming suffix: -ship |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |