Where does “plutarchy” come from?
plutarchy (English) comes from English archy, from English arch, from English architecture, from French architecture, from Latin architectūra, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων, from Ancient Greek τέκτων — to sire, beget.
plutarchy (English): rule by the wealthy; plutocracy
Definitions
- rule by the wealthy; plutocracy
Ancestry of “plutarchy”, step by step
plutarchy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English archy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | archy | Resembling an arch; having arches; arched;... |
| 2 | English | arch | An inverted U shape; An arch-shaped arrangement... |
| 3 | English | architecture | The art and science of designing and managing the... |
| 4 | French | architecture | architecture |
| 5 | Latin | architectūra | architecture |
| 6 | Latin | architectus | architect, master builder; designer, inventor,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχιτέκτων | chief constructor, master builder, architect |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τέκτων | one who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | téktōn | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱō | carpenter |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English Pluto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pluto | dwarf planet in the Solar System |
| 2 | Middle English | Pluto | The Roman god governing the underworld; Pluto |
| 3 | Latin | Plūtō | Pluto god of the underworld |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Πλούτων | god of the underworld; Pluto, Greek and Roman god... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ών | forms words for places |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |