myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of aristocratia

Etymology of the Latin word aristocratia

the Late Latin word aristocratia

derived from the Greek word aristokratia, ἀριστοκρατία

derived from the Greek word aristos, ἄριστος

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

using the Greek suffix -kratia, -κρατία

derived from the Greek word kratein

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

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

Word found in Late Latin