The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-κρατικός
- Latin · derived from-craticus
- Middle French · derived from-cratique
- English today-cratic
From Middle French -cratique, and its source, Latin -craticus, from Ancient Greek -κρατικός (-kratikós), from -κρατία (-kratía, “-cracy”), from κράτος (krátos, “strength, might, rule, authority”). Equivalent to -crat + -ic or -cracy + -ic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.