Etymology

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Today it means: Of or for the common people. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δημοτικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδημοτικός“common”
  2. English todaydemotic

First attested in 1822, from Ancient Greek δημοτικός (dēmotikós, “common”), from δημότης (dēmótēs, “commoner”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people”).

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