The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκράτος“strength, power”
- French · derived frominepte“feckless”
- English todayineptocracy
From inept, from French inepte (“feckless”) + -o- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκράτος all →
cratonKratos-crat
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.