-craticcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -cratique; Latin -craticus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French -cratique and its etymon post-classical Latin -craticus (in e.g. aristocraticus aristocratic adj.) < ancient Greek -κρατικός (in e.g. ἀριστοκρατικός aristocratic adj., δημοκρατικός democratic adj.) < -κρατία -cracy comb. form + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare -cratical comb. form.Found in borrowings from the end of the 16th cent., e.g. aristocratic adj., democratic adj. Formations within English are found from the 18th cent., e.g. mob-cratic at mobocratic adj. Forms, Pantisocratic adj., plutocratic adj.; compare -ocratic comb. form.

Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in -cracy comb. form, as Eurocratic adj., phallocratic adj., polycratic adj., etc. Cf. -ocratic comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-cratic
释义	-craticcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -cratique; Latin -craticus. Etymology: < Middle French, French -cratique and its etymon post-classical Latin -craticus (in e.g. aristocraticus aristocratic adj.) < ancient Greek -κρατικός (in e.g. ἀριστοκρατικός aristocratic adj., δημοκρατικός democratic adj.) < -κρατία -cracy comb. form + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare -cratical comb. form.Found in borrowings from the end of the 16th cent., e.g. aristocratic adj., democratic adj. Formations within English are found from the 18th cent., e.g. mob-cratic at mobocratic adj. Forms, Pantisocratic adj., plutocratic adj.; compare -ocratic comb. form. Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in -cracy comb. form, as Eurocratic adj., phallocratic adj., polycratic adj., etc. Cf. -ocratic comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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