Word Origin Summary

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

Ancestry Chain

1. δημοκρατίαAncient Greekborrowed from

Descendants and Related Terms

• ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬

  Western Kayah · borrowed 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 · borrowed from

• demokracie

  Czech · derived from

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