The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτοπάρχης“ruler of a small district”
- English todaytoparch
From the Ancient Greek τοπάρχης (topárkhēs, “ruler of a small district”), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”). Compare the Latin toparcha and French toparque.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.