-cracy

a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek (aristocracy; democracy ); on this model used, with the meaning “rule,” “government,” “governing body,” to form abstract nouns from stems of other origin: mobocracy; bureaucracy.

Compare -crat.

Origin:
< Middle French -cracie (now -cratie) < Late Latin -cratia < Greek -kratia, equivalent to krát(os) rule, strength, might (akin to hard) + -ia -y³

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-cracy

—*n combining form*
	See also -crat indicating a type of government or rule: plutocracy; mobocracy

[from Greek -kratia, from kratos power]

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-cracy

comb. element forming nouns meaning "rule or government by," from Fr. -cratie or M.L. -cratia, from Gk. -kratia "power, might; rule, sway; power over; a power, authority," from kratos "strength," from PIE *kratus "power, strength" (see hard). The connective -o- has come to

be viewed as part of it. Productive in English from c.1800.

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