Etymology

eurocrat

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Today it means: An employee or minister of the European Union, typically working in Brussels or Strasbourg. Full definition →

English bureaucrat ← French bureaucrate ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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eurocrat · noun1

Blend of euro- + bureaucrat, by surface analysis, euro- + -crat.

Eurocrat · noun2

  1. EnglishEuro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  4. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  5. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  6. Latinburrus
  7. Latinburra
  8. Old French*bure
  9. Old Frenchburel
  10. Frenchbureau
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  12. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  13. Frenchbureaucratie
  14. Frenchbureaucrate
  15. Englishbureaucrat
  16. English todayEurocrat

Blend of Euro- + bureaucrat. By surface analysis, Euro- + -crat.

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