-archy
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Rule; government:
统治；统治权：
oligarchy.
寡头政治
语源
- From words such as (mon)archy
源自单词，如 (mon)archy
-archy
combining form in countable noun
government; rule
⇒
anarchy
⇒
monarchy
Derived Forms
-archic combining form in adjective-archist combining form in countable noun
Origin
from Greek -arkhia; see -arch-archy
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “rule,” “government,” forming abstract nouns usually corresponding to personal nouns ending in -arch:
monarchy; oligarchy.
Origin
Middle English -archie < Latin -archia < Greek, equivalent to arch(os) or -arch(ēs) -arch + -ia -y3
Related Words
- autarchy
- dinarchy
- gynarchy
- hagiarchy
- heptarchy
- hexarchy
-archya word element meaning 'rule', 'government', as in monarchy.
[Greek -archia]-archy
noun combining form
(plural -archies)
squirearchy
noun combining form
(plural -archies)
ETYMOLOGY Latin -archia, from Greek, from archein to rule — more at arch-
: rule : governmentsquirearchy
-archy
word-forming element meaning "rule," from Latin -archia, from Greek -arkhia "rule," from arkhos "leader, chief, ruler," from arkhe "beginning, origin, first place" (see archon).
-archy
rule, government:
rule, government:
monarchy
ORIGIN: Repr. Greek arkh(e)ia government, leadership, formed as -arch -y 3
-archy
Suffix
- form of government or rule
Etymology
From Latin -archia, from Ancient Greek ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).
Synonyms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -archy