The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκάκιστος“worst”
- English todaykakistocrat
From Ancient Greek κάκιστος (kákistos, “worst”), superlative of κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule, government”) (corresponding to -crat).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκάκιστος all →
kakistocracy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.