English
bureaucratically
Bureaucratically comes from French bureaucratique ‘bureaucratic’, from Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος ‘might’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kret-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*krét-osreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρᾰ́τοςkrắtos‘might’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbureaucratie‘bureaucracy’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbureaucratique‘bureaucratic’
- English1500–presentbureaucratic
- Englishearliest quotation 1981bureaucratically
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kret-reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*krét-osreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρᾰ́τοςkrắtos‘might’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbureaucratie‘bureaucracy’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentbureaucratique‘bureaucratic’
- English1500–presentbureaucratic
- Englishearliest quotation 1981bureaucratically
Earliest quotation: 1981, David R. Hampton, Contemporary Management (McGraw-Hill Series in Management): “That one department is managed bureaucratically and the other…”
A compound of bureaucratic + -ally
Proto-Indo-European *kret-
Proto-Indo-European *krét-os
Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος ‘might’
French bureaucratie ‘bureaucracy’
French bureaucratique
English bureaucratic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kret-
through Proto-Indo-European *krét-os
Today it means
adv In a bureaucratic manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kret- / bureaucratically