-cracy
word forming element meaning ‘rule or government by’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. -cratie, -crasie < F. -cratie < Med.Lat. -cratia < Gk. -kratia ‘power, might; rule, sway; power over; a power, authority’ < kratos ‘strength’ < kre-tes- < kray < kar- < Tamil kaṭu