syntagmatarchy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυνταγματαρχία
2. Latin · derived fromsyntagmatarchia
3. English todaysyntagmatarchy

First attested in 1670–1 and then once per century since; from the Latin syntagmatarchia, from the Ancient Greek συνταγματαρχία (suntagmatarkhía), from σύνταγμα (súntagma), whence the English syntagma.