Where does “triarchy” come from?

triarchy (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.

triarchy (English): Government by three persons; a triumvirate; A...

Definitions

  1. Government by three persons; a triumvirate; A...

Ancestry of “triarchy”, step by step

triarchy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English archy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharchyResembling an arch; having arches; arched;...
2EnglisharchAn inverted U shape; An arch-shaped arrangement...
3EnglisharchitectureThe art and science of designing and managing the...
4Frencharchitecturearchitecture
5Latinarchitectūraarchitecture
6Latinarchitectusarchitect, master builder; designer, inventor,...
7Ancient Greekἀρχιτέκτωνchief constructor, master builder, architect
8Ancient Greekτέκτωνone who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any...
9Proto-Hellenictéktōn
10Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱōcarpenter
11Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
12Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

via English tri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtritriathlon; triangle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantréyesthree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ-