sportocrat

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who performs administrative work in a sports association or federation, but is not an athlete themselves. informal
    — [Byline:] Games are for players, not politicians and sportocrats

词形变化

sportocrats plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Anglo-Norman des-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂
Proto-Italic *portā
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *portāō
Latin portāre
Anglo-Norman porter
Anglo-Norman desporterbor.
Middle English disporten
Middle English sporten
English sport
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
Proto-Indo-European *kret-
Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)bor.
English -crat
▲
English sport
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Proto-Hellenic *-rós
Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós)
Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor.
Latin burrus
Latin burra
Old French *bure
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Old French burel
French bureau
▲
Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor.
French -cratie
French bureaucratie
French bureaucratebor.
English bureaucrat
blend
English sportocrat
From sport + -o- + -crat, or a blend of sport + bureaucrat.
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