Word Origin Summary

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

Ancestry Chain

1. democratieMiddle Frenchborrowed from
2. dēmocratiaMedieval Latinderived from
3. δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱAncient Greekderived from
4. δημοκρατίαAncient Greekborrowed from

Descendants and Related Terms

• ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬

  Western Kayah · borrowed from

• ဒီမိုကရေစီ

  Burmese · borrowed from

• 德謨克拉西

  Mandarin Chinese · borrowed from

• 德莫克拉西

  Mandarin Chinese · borrowed from

• demokrasi

  MSA · borrowed from

• demokrasia

  Swahili · borrowed from

• ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ်

  S'gaw Karen · borrowed from

• 得莫克拉西

  Mandarin Chinese · borrowed from

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