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aristocratic
Aristocratic comes from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατικός, from ἀριστοκράτης ‘aristocrat’, and ultimately from ᾰ̓́ρῐστος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓́ρῐστος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀριστοκράτης‘aristocrat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀριστοκρατικόςaristokratikós
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaristocratique
- Englishearliest quotation 2012aristocratic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓́ρῐστος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀριστοκράτης‘aristocrat’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀριστοκρατικόςaristokratikós
- Frenchc. 1600–presentaristocratique
- Englishearliest quotation 2012aristocratic
Earliest quotation: 2012, Very good, sir: “[…] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, be suitable’
order, reason, ready, art, army, rate, article, arm, ordinary, artist, alarm, harmony, ratio, armor, coordinate, coordination, anarchy, subordinate, ornament, ordination, arthritis, inert, harmonic, articulate, ornate, harmonious, adorn, arithmetic, armament, artisan, ordinate, ordinal, rta, articulation, armadillo, harmonize, ordinator, ordain, ordo, archon, 80 more
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρῐστος / aristocratic