The story
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-
- Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
- English today-crat
From Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “power, might”), modelled after words of Ancient Greek origin such as democrat and aristocrat. From Proto-Indo-European *kret- (English hard).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκράτος all →
cratonKratos
Proto-Indo-European*kret- all →
democraticridratheakrasia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.