The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-αρχία“-archy: rule”
- Latin · derived frombīnī“twin”
- French · derived frombinarchie
- English todaybinarchy
From French binarchie, from Latin bīnī (“twin”) + -archia (“-archy”), from Ancient Greek -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.