Etymology

bureaupathic

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Today it means: Following bureaucracy to the point of harming business operations or upsetting customers. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) ← English bureaucratic ← French bureaucratique
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The story

  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. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  18. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  19. English todaybureaupathic

Blend of bureaucratic + -pathic.

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