Meaning

noun a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

noun the modern Greek vernacular

adjective of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use

originFirst attested in 1822, from Ancient Greek δημοτικός (dēmotikós, “common”), from δημότης (dēmótēs, “commoner”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0