Word Origin Summary

Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬

  Western Kayah · borrowed from

• δημοκρατία

  Greek · inherited from

• democrație

  Romanian · borrowed from

• ဒီမိုကရေစီ

  Burmese · borrowed from

• demokrasi

  Turkish · borrowed from

• 德謨克拉西

  Mandarin Chinese · borrowed from

• 德莫克拉西

  Mandarin Chinese · borrowed from

• democracy

  English · derived from

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