autocrat的词源
英文词源
- autocrat (n.)
- 1803, from French autocrate, from Greek autokrates "ruling by oneself, absolute, autocratic," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + kratia "rule," from kratos "strength, power" (see -cracy). First used by Robert Southey, with reference to Napoleon. An earlier form was autocrator (1789), used in reference to the Russian Czars. Earliest form in English is the fem. autocratress (1762).
中文词源
发音释义:['ɔːtəkræt] n. 独裁者,专制君主;独断独行的人
结构分析:autocrat = auto(自己)+crat(统治者)→独裁者
词源解释:auto←希腊语autos(自己);crat←希腊语kratia(统治、权威)
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前缀auto-, 自己的。词根crat, 管理者。
词根词缀: auto-自己 + -crat-统治