Etymology of the English word squattocracy
the English word
squattocracyderived from the English word
squatterderived from the English word
squatderived from the Old French word
esquaterusing the French prefix
es-using the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
using the English suffix
-cracyderived from the French suffix
-cratiederived from the Greek word
kratos, κράτος (vigor ('great'))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kar-Date
The earliest known usage of squattocracy in English dates from the 19th century.
