Etymology

antibureaucrat

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Today it means: Opposed to bureaucracy. Full definition →

English bureaucrat ← French bureaucrate ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  9. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  10. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  11. Latinburrus
  12. Latinburra
  13. Old French*bure
  14. Old Frenchburel
  15. Frenchbureau
  16. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  17. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  18. Frenchbureaucratie
  19. Frenchbureaucrate
  20. Englishbureaucrat
  21. English todayantibureaucrat

From anti- + bureaucrat.

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