Where does “stratarchy” come from?
stratarchy (English) comes from English archy, from English arch, from English architecture, from French architecture, from Latin architectūra, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων, from Ancient Greek τέκτων — to sire, beget.
stratarchy (English): An organization having a number of different strata within which power and influence are distributed
Definitions
- An organization having a number of different strata within which power and influence are distributed
Ancestry of “stratarchy”, step by step
stratarchy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English archy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | archy | Resembling an arch; having arches; arched;... |
| 2 | English | arch | An inverted U shape; An arch-shaped arrangement... |
| 3 | English | architecture | The art and science of designing and managing the... |
| 4 | French | architecture | architecture |
| 5 | Latin | architectūra | architecture |
| 6 | Latin | architectus | architect, master builder; designer, inventor,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχιτέκτων | chief constructor, master builder, architect |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τέκτων | one who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | téktōn | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱō | carpenter |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English stratum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stratum | One of several parallel horizontal layers of... |
| 2 | Latin | strātum | a bed-covering, coverlet, quilt, blanket |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σφαῖρα | ball, globe, sphere |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |