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-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. |
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| -cracy
suff. Government; rule: meritocracy. [French -cratie, from Old French, from Late Latin -cratia, from Greek -kratiā, from kratos, strength, power; see kar- in Indo-European roots.] |
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-cracy
from M.L. -cratia, from Gk. -kratia "power, rule," from kratos "strength," from PIE *kratus "power, strength" (see hard). The connective -o- has come to be viewed as part of it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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