Etymology

technobureaucracy

Today it means: A technological bureaucracy Full definition →

English bureaucracy ← French bureaucratie ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
  4. Ancient Greekτέχνη (tékhnē)
  5. Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
  6. Englishtechno-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  9. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  10. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  11. Latinburrus
  12. Latinburra
  13. Old French*bure
  14. Old Frenchburel
  15. Frenchbureau
  16. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  17. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  18. Frenchbureaucratie
  19. Englishbureaucracy
  20. English todaytechnobureaucracy

From techno- + bureaucracy.

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