autocracy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαὐτοκρατής“one who governs alone”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromαὐτοκρατία“A system of government by one person with absolute power.”
3. English todayautocracy

From auto- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía, “A system of government by one person with absolute power.”), from αὐτός (autós, “single, self, same, alone”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract nouns suffix”); see also Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “one who governs alone”).

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