The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδυνάστης“lord, ruler”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromdynastēs
- English todaydynast
From Late Latin dynastēs, from Ancient Greek δυνάστης (dunástēs, “lord, ruler”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “to be powerful”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.