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Where does “monarchic” come from?

Monarchic derives from English monarchy combined with French -ique, from Latin -icus, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Ancient Greek ἀρχός, ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European gʰreu.

monarchic (English): Of, or relating to monarchy or to a monarch

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to monarchy or to a monarch

Ancestry of “monarchic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmonarchiquemonarchical
2Frenchmonarchiemonarchy
3Old Frenchmonarchie—
4Latinmonarchiamonarchy
5Ancient Greekμοναρχίαmonarchy
6Ancient Greekμόναρχοςking, monarch; commander, general; dictator
7Ancient Greekμόνοςalone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique
8Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
9Proto-Hellenic*spérmə—

Words derived from “monarchic”

  • antimonarchic
  • nonmonarchic
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