plutocracy
Meaningrule by wealth
Common meaning: rule by the rich
- plutwealthLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1230 · scan
- cracstrength, power, ruleLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 842 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘wealth’ + ‘strength, power, rule’ → plutocracy
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- plut — Greek πλοῦτος “wealth” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- crac — Greek κράτος “strength, power, rule” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek πλοῦτος ‘wealth’ + Greek κράτος ‘strength, power, rule’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry κράτος, p. 842 · dictionary scan
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