δημοκρατία

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

(politics) democracy, popular government
(countable) a democratic government
(inflection of) δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek δῆμος (people, common people, district, assembly of the people, population, free citizens) root from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (beat, move quickly, shake, hit, quick, strike).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kret-

Gloss

beat, move quickly, shake, hit, quick, strike

Concept

Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

deme English
democracy English
demosponge English
asukasdemokratia Finnish
demokratia Finnish
demokratiavaje Finnish
järjestödemokratia Finnish
kansandemokratia Finnish
korkeakouludemokratia Finnish
kouludemokratia Finnish
kristillisdemokratia Finnish
työpaikkademokratia Finnish
democratia Latin
demos Latin
dēmocratia Latin
Demokratie German
demokrácia Hungarian
democrazia Italian
democratie Dutch, Flemish
dème French
démo- French
démocratie French
démocratique French
démocratiser French
демогра́фия Russian
демокра́тия Russian
antidemocracia Spanish, Castilian
democracia Spanish, Castilian
-κρατία Ancient Greek
Αἰνεσίδημος Ancient Greek
Δημάρατος Ancient Greek
Δημοκλῆς Ancient Greek
Δημολέων Ancient Greek
Δημομέλης Ancient Greek
Δημοπτόλεμος Ancient Greek
Δημοσθένης Ancient Greek
Δημοφάνης Ancient Greek
Δημοφῶν Ancient Greek
Δημόκριτος Ancient Greek
Δημόστρατος Ancient Greek
Δημόφιλος Ancient Greek
Εὐθύδημος Ancient Greek
Εὔδημος Ancient Greek
Κράτης Ancient Greek
Κράτιππος Ancient Greek
Κρατύλος Ancient Greek
Μενέδημος Ancient Greek
Μενεκράτης Ancient Greek
Ναύκρατις Ancient Greek
Νικόδημος Ancient Greek
Ξενοκράτης Ancient Greek
Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
Τιμοκράτης Ancient Greek
Τιμόδημος Ancient Greek
Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
Φιλόδημος Ancient Greek
Χαρίδημος Ancient Greek
δήμιος Ancient Greek
δημαγωγός Ancient Greek
δημοβόρος Ancient Greek
δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ, δημοκρατία Ancient Greek
δῆμος Ancient Greek
θεοκρατία Ancient Greek
κράταιγος Ancient Greek
κράτος Ancient Greek
κρατέω Ancient Greek
κραταιός Ancient Greek
κρότος Ancient Greek
νεοδαμώδης Ancient Greek
Ἀμφικράτης Ancient Greek
Ἀναξικράτης Ancient Greek
Ἀντικράτης Ancient Greek
Ἀριστόδημος Ancient Greek
Ἀρχέδημος Ancient Greek
ἐγκρατής Ancient Greek
ἔκδημος Ancient Greek
ἔνδημος Ancient Greek
Ἐχεκράτης Ancient Greek
Ἑρμοκράτης Ancient Greek
ἱπποκρατία Ancient Greek
Ἰσοκράτης Ancient Greek
Ἰφικράτης Ancient Greek
Ἱπποκράτης Ancient Greek
*deh₂mos Proto-Indo-European
*kert- Proto-Indo-European
*kort-ús Proto-Indo-European
*kret- Proto-Indo-European
*krétus Proto-Indo-European
*kr̥t- Proto-Indo-European
demografi Norwegian Bokmål
demokrati Norwegian Bokmål
*hardijaną Proto-Germanic
*harduz Proto-Germanic
*hardį̄ Proto-Germanic
*hraþaz Proto-Germanic
*hrindaną Proto-Germanic
demokrati Swedish
e-demokrati Swedish
bernhardinar Norwegian Nynorsk
demografi Norwegian Nynorsk
demokrati Norwegian Nynorsk
sanktbernhardshund Norwegian Nynorsk
harðleikr Old Norse
vaka Old Norse
demokrati Danish
démos Czech
demokratia Esperanto
demokratio Esperanto
socialdemokratio Esperanto
δήμος Greek (modern)
κράτος Greek (modern)
demagog Indonesian
pandemi Indonesian
pandemik Indonesian
пандемия Bulgarian
democratie Middle French
דמוקרטיה Hebrew (modern)
demokraatia Estonian
democrazia Aragonese
democratia ML