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Where does “-cratie” come from?

-cratie (French) comes from Ancient Greek -κρατία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

-cratie (French): -cracy

Definitions

  1. -cracy

Ancestry of “-cratie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-κρατία-cracy
2Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “-cratie”

  • bureaucrat
  • bureaucratization
  • bureaucratism
  • bureaucratese
  • bureaucratize
  • debureaucratization
  • debureaucratize
  • antibureaucrat
  • bureaucratist
  • superbureaucrat
  • nonbureaucrat
  • bureaucratitis
  • technobureaucrat
  • бюрократ
  • bureaucratisme
  • hétérocratie
  • hétérocratique
  • théocratie
  • théocratique
  • bureaucratie
  • gérontocratie
  • bureaucrate
  • voyoucratie
  • biocratie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →