despot
English
/ˈdɛs.pɒt/, /ˈdɛs.pət/
noun
Definitions
- A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.
- (historical) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French despote derived from Old French despote derived from Latin despota derived from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (master, lord, owner, ruler) root from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (build, house).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dem-
Gloss
build, house
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
建
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- despotate English
- despotess English
- despotism English
- despotist English
- despotize English
- despotocracy English
- despotry English
- domestic English
- domesticate English
- domicile English
- despota Latin
- domesticus Latin
- dominium Latin
- dominus Latin
- dominātus Latin
- domus Latin
- despote French
- despotisme French
- domestiquer French
- mayordomo Spanish, Castilian
- δέμνιον Ancient Greek
- δεσπότης Ancient Greek
- οἰκοδεσπότης Ancient Greek
- πρόδομος Ancient Greek
- ἀδέσποτος Ancient Greek
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *dem-h₁-, *demh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *domos Proto-Indo-European
- *déms pótis Proto-Indo-European
- *dṓm Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European
- *temaną Proto-Germanic
- *timrijaną Proto-Germanic
- *timrą Proto-Germanic
- *tumþiz Proto-Germanic
- दम्पति Sanskrit
- adespota Old Norse
- timbr Old Norse
- despot Danish
- despotisk Danish
- despote Old French
- δεσποτία Greek (modern)
- δεσπότης Greek (modern)
- деспот Bulgarian
- despote Middle French
- dominant Middle French
- צימער Yiddish
- *dáms-patiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan