myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of monarchia

Etymology of the Italian word monarchia

the Italian word monarchia

derived from the Late Latin word monarchia (monarchy; absolute rule)

derived from the Greek word monarchia, μοναρχία

using the Late Greek prefix mono-, μονο-

derived from the Greek word monos, μόνος (alone; single; remaining; sole or single; by implication, mere)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-

using the Greek suffix -archia, -αρχία

derived from the Greek word archein, ἄρχω

English monarchy, French monarchie, German Monarchie, Lithuanian monarchija, Russian мoнapxия