Etymograph

English

demotics

Demotics comes from Ancient Greek δῆμος ‘people’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῆμος1dêmos‘people’
  2. Englishtodaydemotics1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English demotics

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῆμοςWiktionary, English demoticsdêmos‘people’
  2. EnglishtodaydemoticsWiktionary, English demotics

Linked words

through Ancient Greek δῆμος ‘people’

academic, democracy, democratic, democrat, pandemic, endemic, demos, demography, demiurge, 27 more

Today it means

noun The area of knowledge relating to the care and culture of the people; sociology in its broadest sense.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “demotics”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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