Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autocrator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
au-to-cra-tor
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of autocrat.

Archaic

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κρᾰτέω (krătéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Hellenic *-tōr Ancient Greek -τωρ (-tōr) Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τωρ (krắtōr) Ancient Greek αὐτοκρᾰ́τωρ (autokrắtōr)bor. Late Latin autocratōrbor. English autocrator From Late Latin autocratōr, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκράτωρ (autokrátōr, “emperor”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: autocratōr, αὐτοκράτωρ

Usage

Inflected Forms

autocrators (plural)

Derived Forms

autocratress

Questions

What does autocrator mean?
Archaic form of autocrat.
Where does autocrator come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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