English
statocracy
From state + -cracy
Formed from state + -cracy
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’
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Proto-Italic *status ‘setting up; position’
Latin status ‘state, condition, position’
Old French estat ‘state’
Middle English stat ‘condition’
English state
Today it means
noun government by the state, or by political power in distinction from ecclesiastical power
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “statocracy”. 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.
Etymograph / statocracy