Where does “monarkio” come from?
monarkio (Esperanto) comes from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία, from Ancient Greek μόναρχος, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.
monarkio (Esperanto): monarchy
Ancestry of “monarkio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | monarchia | monarchy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μοναρχία | monarchy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μόναρχος | king, monarch; commander, general; dictator |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |