Where does “бюрократ” come from?
бюрократ (Russian) comes from German Bürokrat, 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.
бюрократ (Russian): bureaucrat
Ancestry of “бюрократ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Bürokrat | 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 |