English
acratia
Acratia comes from Ancient Greek κράτος ‘strength’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kret-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kret-‘strength’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*krét-osreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκράτος‘strength’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014acratia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kret-‘strength’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*krét-osreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκράτος‘strength’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014acratia
Earliest quotation: 2014, Xijun Yan, Dan Shen (Salvia miltiorrhiza) in Medicine: “Patients with edema of the lower limbs, drowsiness acratia,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kret- ‘strength’
through Proto-Indo-European *krét-os
bureaucracy, bureaucratic, bureaucrat, 33 more
through Ancient Greek κράτος ‘strength’
Today it means
noun Feebleness; impotence or lack of strength due to lack of tone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kret- / acratia