Where does “бюрократка” come from?
бюрократка (Ukrainian) comes from Russian бюрократ, from German Bürokrat, from French bureaucrate, from French bureaucratie, from French bureau, from Middle French burel, from Old French burel, from Old French -el — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
бюрократка (Ukrainian): bureaucrat
Definitions
- bureaucrat
Ancestry of “бюрократка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | бюрократ | bureaucrat |
| 2 | German | Bürokrat | bureaucrat |
| 3 | French | bureaucrate | bureaucrat |
| 4 | French | bureaucratie | bureaucracy |
| 5 | French | bureau | desk; office; ticket office |
| 6 | Middle French | burel | — |
| 7 | Old French | burel | frieze; a garment made out of frieze |
| 8 | Old French | -el | Suffix that usually denotes a masculine noun |
| 9 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 10 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |