oligarchy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὀλιγαρχία
2. Late Latin · derived fromoligarchia
3. French · borrowed fromoligarchie
4. English todayoligarchy

Borrowed from French oligarchie, from Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) + -archy (“rule, command”).