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a combining form meaning “rule,” “government,” forming abstract nouns usually corresponding to personal nouns ending in
-arch:
monarchy; oligarchy.
Origin:
ME
-archie
< L
-archia
< Gk, equiv. to
arch
(
os
) or
-arch
(
ēs
)
-arch
+
-ia
-y
3
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-archy
suff. Rule; government:
oligarchy.
[From words such as
(mon)archy
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
-archy
suffix meaning "rule," from L.
-archia,
from Gk.
-arkhia,
from
arkhos
"leader, chief, ruler," from
arkhe
"beginning, origin, first place" (see
archon
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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