Etymology

-archy

Latin -archia ← Ancient Greek -αρχίᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived from-αρχίᾱ
  2. Latin · borrowed from-archia
  3. English today-archy

From Latin -archia, from Ancient Greek -αρχίᾱ (-arkhíā), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, government”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.