Where does “gerontocrație” come from?

gerontocrație (Romanian) comes from French gérontocratie, from French -cratie, 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...

gerontocrație (Romanian): gerontocracy

Definitions

  1. gerontocracy

Ancestry of “gerontocrație”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgérontocratiegerontocracy
2French-cratie-cracy
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from French -cratie →
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