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autarchy
Autarchy comes from Koine Greek αὐταρχία ‘absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἄρχω ‘to rule, govern’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄρχω‘to rule, govern’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαὔταρχος‘autocratic, absolute’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEαὐταρχίαautarkhía‘absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500autarchia
- Englishearliest quotation 1964autarchy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄρχω‘to rule, govern’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαὔταρχος‘autocratic, absolute’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEαὐταρχίαautarkhía‘absolute power, sovereignty, autocracy’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500autarchia
- Englishearliest quotation 1964autarchy
Earliest quotation: 1964, Jan Morris, Envoi: State of Being: “Like Philip's, Franco's autarchy was shrouded in religiosity—not Christianity…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, put together’
order, reason, ready, rate, art, article, army, artist, arm, ratio, ordinary, alarm, harmony, coordination, coordinate, armor, arthritis, subordinate, ordination, articulate, ornament, arithmetic, ornate, inertia, harmonic, aristocratic, inert, artisan, adorn, harmonious, articulation, ordinate, armament, ordinator, ordinal, armadillo, harmonize, rime, ordain, artifice, 77 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥-sḱe-ti ‘to start, rule’
anarchy, archon, arche, 9 more
through Ancient Greek ἄρχω ‘to rule, govern’
Today it means
noun A condition of absolute power.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄρχω / autarchy