The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμονάρχης
- Late Latin · derived frommonarcha
- Middle French · borrowed frommonarque
- English todaymonarch
From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”), equivalent to mono- + -arch. * (butterfly): See monarch butterfly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.