democracy
dih-MOK-ruh-see · noun
Origin
Democracy comes from Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek dēmokrătĭ́ā. Its two Greek pieces are demo- ('people') and -cracy ('rule'), so the word simply spells out 'rule by the people.'
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Related words
The -cracy piece ('rule') shows up in other words for systems of power.