Etymology

debureaucratize

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Today it means: To reduce the amount of bureaucracy involved in decision making. Full definition →

English bureaucratize ← French bureaucrate ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  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. Englishbureaucratize
  22. English todaydebureaucratize

From de- + bureaucratize.

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