Where does “burokrataro” come from?
burokrataro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto burokrato, 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.
burokrataro (Esperanto): all the bureaucrats in a given country, when...
Definitions
- all the bureaucrats in a given country, when...
Ancestry of “burokrataro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | burokrato | bureaucrat |
| 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 | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |