The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμυστηριάρχης“one who rules over religious mysteries”
- Ecclesiastical Latin · borrowed frommystēriarchēs“one who presides over Christian sacraments”
- English todaymysteriarch
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin mystēriarchēs (“one who presides over Christian sacraments”), from Ancient Greek μυστηριάρχης (mustēriárkhēs, “one who rules over religious mysteries”), from μυστήριον (mustḗrion) + -άρχης (-árkhēs), corresponding to mystery + -arch.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.