myEtymology.com: English etymology of democracy

Etymology of the English word democracy

the English word democracy

derived from the French word democratie

derived from the Latin word democratia (democracy)

derived from the Greek word demokratia, δημοκρατία

derived from the Late Greek word demos, δῆμος (the public (as bound together socially))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *da-

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dā-

derived from the Greek word kratos, κράτος (vigor ('great'))

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kar-

using the Greek suffix -kratia, -κρατία

derived from the Greek word kratein

The earliest known usage of democracy in English dates from the 16th century.

Word found in Modern English