des·pot 
(dĕspət)
(dĕspət)n.
1. A ruler with absolute power.
2. A person who wields power oppressively; a tyrant.
3.
a. A Byzantine emperor or prince.
b. An Eastern Orthodox bishop or patriarch.
[French despote, from Medieval Latin despota, from Greek despotēs, master; see dem- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
des·potic (dĭ-spŏtĭk) adj.
des·poti·cal·ly adv.
- Indo-European root: keiə-
- Indo-European root: kekw-
- Indo-European root: kel-
- Indo-European root: kel-
- Indo-European root: kelə-
- Indo-European root: kelə-
- Indo-European root: ken-
- Indo-European root: kenk-
- Indo-European root: kens-
- Indo-European root: kent-
- Indo-European root: ker-
- Indo-European root: ker-
- Indo-European root: ker-
- Indo-European root: kerd-
- Indo-European root: kerp-
- Indo-European root: kers-
- Indo-European root: kerə-
- Indo-European root: kes-
- Indo-European root: keuə-
- Indo-European root: klei-
- Indo-European root: kleu-
- Indo-European root: ko-
- Indo-European root: kob-
- Indo-European root: kom
- Indo-European root: konk-