ENGLISH ROOT WORD: cracy- from Greek kratein, kratos, kratia

【cracy-】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "rule, authority, government"
from Greek "kratein, kratos, kratia"

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[WORD ROOT]root cracy
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] cracy, crat
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) kratein, kratos, kratia
[MEANING]root rule, authority, government

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 kratein to be strong
• 【Greek】 kratos strength, power
• 【Greek】 kratia rule; power of

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

autocracy, autocrat, bureaucracy, cracy, democracy, democratic, theocracy

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

 

autocracy [noun] from autocracy < auto
【DEFINITION】 Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
【pl.】 autocracies
【DERIVATIVEs】 autocracy, autocrat, autocratic
【ROOTs】 ⑴ auto; self, same ⑵ cracy; rule, authority, government

autocrat [noun] from autocracy < auto
【DEFINITION】 An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
【pl.】 autocrats
【DERIVATIVEs】 autocracy, autocrat, autocratic
【SYNONYM】 despot, autarch
【ROOTs】 ⑴ auto; self, same ⑵ crat(cracy); rule, authority

bureaucracy [noun]
【DEFINITION】 A bureaucracy is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 government by bureaus
【pl.】 bureaucracies
【ROOTs】 ⑴ bureau; office, desk ⑵ cracy; rule, authority, government

cracy [combining form] from cracy
【DEFINITION】
【ROOTs】 cracy; rule, authority, government

democracy [noun] from democracy < cracy
【DEFINITION】 Democracy is a system of government in which people choose their rulers by voting for them in elections.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 government by the people, system of government in which the sovereign power is vested in the people as a whole exercising power directly or by elected officials; a state so governed,
【pl.】 democracies
【DERIVATIVEs】 democracy, democratic, democratically, democratize, democrat
【ROOTs】 ⑴ demo; people ⑵ cracy; rule, authority, government

democratic [adjective] from democracy < cracy
【DEFINITION】 A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
【DERIVATIVEs】 democracy, democratic, democratically, democratize, democrat
【ROOTs】 ⑴ demo; people ⑵ crat(cracy); rule, authority ⑶ ic; adjective suffix

theocracy [noun] from theocracy < theo-
【DEFINITION】 A theocracy is a society which is ruled by priests who represent a god.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 form of government in which God is recognized as supreme ruler and his laws form the statute book
【pl.】 theocracies
【DERIVATIVEs】 theocrat, theocratic, theocratical, theocratically, theocracy
【ROOTs】 ⑴ theo; god ⑵ cracy; rule, authority, government

Other word list containing cracy-; aristocracy, plutocracy, autocratic, acrasia, akrasia, akratic, anocracy, pancratium, technocracy, technocrat

 

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

come
cover
costa-, cost-
cosm-, cosmo-
count
cohort
corp-, corpor-
coron-, coroll-
cord-, cor-
celebr

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: come from Old English cuman

 

 

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