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Where does “tecnocratico” come from?

tecnocratico (Italian) comes from Italian -cratico, from Ancient Greek -κρατικός, 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...

tecnocratico (Italian): technocratic

Definitions

  1. technocratic

Ancestry of “tecnocratico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-cratico-cratic
2Ancient Greek-κρατικός—
3Ancient Greek-κρατία-cracy
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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