Etymology

Eurocracy

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Today it means: The bureaucracy associated with the European Union. Full definition →

English bureaucracy ← French bureaucratie ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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The story

  1. EnglishEuro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  4. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  5. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  6. Latinburrus
  7. Latinburra
  8. Old French*bure
  9. Old Frenchburel
  10. Frenchbureau
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  12. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  13. Frenchbureaucratie
  14. Englishbureaucracy
  15. English todayEurocracy

Blend of Euro- + bureaucracy.

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