English despot

← Middle French despote (borrowed)

← Old French despote (derived)

← Ancient Greek δεσπότης (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *dem- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *déms pótis (mention)

← Sanskrit दम्पति (cognate)

→ English despotism (affix)

→ English despotate (suffix)

→ English despotize (suffix)

→ English despotist (suffix)

→ English despotat (suffix)

→ English despotry (suffix)

→ English adespota (mention)

→ English despotess (suffix)

→ English despotocracy (affix)

→ Hungarian despota (borrowed)

→ Sanskrit दम्पति (cognate)