Etymology

unbureaucratic

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Today it means: Not bureaucratic; without bureaucracy. Full definition →

English bureaucratic ← French bureaucratique ← Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  9. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  10. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  11. Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
  12. Latinburrus
  13. Latinburra
  14. Old French*bure
  15. Old Frenchburel
  16. Frenchbureau
  17. Proto-Indo-European*kret-
  18. Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
  19. Frenchbureaucratie
  20. Frenchbureaucrate
  21. Frenchbureaucratie
  22. Frenchbureaucratique
  23. Englishbureaucratic
  24. English todayunbureaucratic

From un- + bureaucratic.

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