-cracy Definition

Origin of -cracy

• French -cratie from Old French from Late Latin -cratia from Greek -kratiā from kratos strength, power kar- in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Fr -cracie < ML -cratia < Gr -kratia, rule < kratos, rule, strength: see hard

  From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

• From the Ancient Greek suffix -κρατία (-kratia), from κράτος (kratos, “power, rule”).

  From Wiktionary