despoot
Dutch (Brabantic)
/dɛsˈpoːt/
noun
Definitions
- despot
Etymology
Borrowed from French despote derived from Latin despota derived from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (master, lord, owner, ruler).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δεσπότης
Gloss
master, lord, owner, ruler
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- despota Latin
- despote French
- despotique French
- δεσπότης Ancient Greek
- οἰκοδεσπότης Ancient Greek
- ἀδέσποτος Ancient Greek
- *dem- Proto-Indo-European
- *déms pótis Proto-Indo-European
- adespota Old Norse
- despot Danish
- despotisk Danish
- despote Old French
- δεσπότης Greek (modern)
- деспот Bulgarian