The story
- Koine Greek · derived fromπατριάρχης“patriarch”
- Medieval Greek · derived fromπατριαρχία
- Latin · derived frompatriarchia
- English todaypatriarchy
From Latin patriarchia, from Medieval Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- + -archy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.