Etymology

bureaucratically

Today it means: In a bureaucratic manner. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English bureaucratic
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  5. Latinburrus
  6. Latinburra
  7. Old French*bure
  8. Old Frenchburel
  9. Frenchbureau
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  11. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  12. Frenchbureaucratie
  13. Frenchbureaucrate
  14. Frenchbureaucratie
  15. Frenchbureaucratique
  16. Englishbureaucratic
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  20. Proto-Germanic*līką
  21. English todaybureaucratically

From bureaucratic + -ally.

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