democracy
‘government by the people who live under its rule’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. democracie, democrasie, democratie, democraty < F. démocratie < Med.Lat. democratia < Gk. dēmokratia ‘popular government’ < dēmos ‘common people’ + kratos ‘rule, strength’ < kre-tes- < kruh < kar- < Tamil kaṭu