Etymology

femocrat

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Today it means: A female politician or senior civil servant; a female bureaucrat in an agency dealing with women's issues. Full definition →

English bureaucrat ← French bureaucrate ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*θēmanā
  4. Proto-Italic*fēmanā
  5. Latinfēmina
  6. Latinfēmella
  7. Old Frenchfemele
  8. Middle Englishfemele
  9. Middle Englishfemale
  10. Englishfemale
  11. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  12. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  13. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  14. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  15. Latinburrus
  16. Latinburra
  17. Old French*bure
  18. Old Frenchburel
  19. Frenchbureau
  20. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  21. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  22. Frenchbureaucratie
  23. Frenchbureaucrate
  24. Englishbureaucrat
  25. English todayfemocrat

Blend of female + bureaucrat.

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