craton
English
noun
Definitions
- A part of the Earth’s crust that has survived the splitting and merging of continents.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek κράτος (strength, might, power, ruler).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κράτος
Gloss
strength, might, power, ruler
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
💪
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -crat English
- acratia English
- cratonic English
- cratonization English
- intracratonic English
- pericratonic English
- Kraton German
- -crate French
- Κράτης Ancient Greek
- Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
- Σωκράτης Ancient Greek
- Τιμοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκράτης Ancient Greek
- κράτιστος Ancient Greek
- κράτος Ancient Greek
- κρατέω Ancient Greek
- παγκράτιον Ancient Greek
- παντοκρατής Ancient Greek
- σεβαστοκράτωρ Ancient Greek
- Ἀμφικράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἰσοκράτης Ancient Greek
- *kret- Proto-Indo-European
- kraton Polish
- demokrati Danish