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Where does “autocrazia” come from?

autocrazia (Italian) comes from French autocratie, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατία, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

autocrazia (Italian): autocracy

Definitions

  1. autocracy

Ancestry of “autocrazia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchautocratie—
2Ancient GreekαὐτοκρατίαA system of government by one person with...
3Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
4Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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