Etymology

nonbureaucratic

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Today it means: Not bureaucratic. Full definition →

English bureaucratic ← French bureaucratique ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  15. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  16. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  17. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  18. Latinburrus
  19. Latinburra
  20. Old French*bure
  21. Old Frenchburel
  22. Frenchbureau
  23. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  24. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  25. Frenchbureaucratie
  26. Frenchbureaucrate
  27. Frenchbureaucratie
  28. Frenchbureaucratique
  29. Englishbureaucratic
  30. English todaynonbureaucratic

From non- + bureaucratic.

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