Etymograph

English

acreocracy

From acre + -ocracy.

Formed from acre + -ocracy

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field’

Proto-Germanic *akraz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *akr ‘field, open land’

Old English æcer ‘field where crops are grown’

Middle English acre

English acre

Today it means

noun Important landowners, considered as a class.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / acreocracy