English
exilarch
From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ).
Formed from exile + -arch
Proto-Indo-European *sel- ‘to spring’
Latin exsul ‘exiled person’
Latin exsilium ‘state of exile’
Old French essil
Middle English exil
English exile
Today it means
noun The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exilarch