democratic

democratic · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₂mos
3. Proto-Hellenic*dā́mos
4. Ancient Greekδῆμος (dêmos)
5. Ancient Greekδημο- (dēmo-)
6. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
7. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
8. Ancient Greekδημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā)
9. Ancient Greekδημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokrătĭkós)
10. Late Latindemocraticu
11. Middle Frenchdemocratique
12. Late Latindemocraticus
13. English todaydemocratic

From Middle French democratique (“pertaining to democracy, democratic”) (modern French démocratique), and its etymon Late Latin democraticus (“pertaining to democracy, democratic; democrat”), from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokrătĭkós, “of or for democracy; favouring or suited for democracy”), from δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā, “democracy”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix with the sense ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives). Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Dēmokrătĭ́ā) is derived from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people; popular assembly; popular government, democracy”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide; to share”)) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, suffix meaning ‘government; rule’) (from κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “might, strength; dominion, power”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“insight, intelligence; strength”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, demo- + -cratic or democrat + -ic.

Democratic · adjective²

See democratic.

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