-archy

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-archy

/ɑː.ki/
/ə.ki/
/ɑɹ.ki/
/əɹ.ki/

Where it comes from

From Latin -archia, from Ancient Greek -αρχίᾱ (-arkhíā), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, government”).

suffix

morpheme form of government or rule
Similar: -cracy

Translations

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suffix form of government or rule

Español	-arquía
Português	-arquia
Français	-archie
Deutsch	-archie
Italiano	-archia
Ελληνικά	-αρχία -archía
Română	-arhie
Русский	-а́рхия -árxija
العربية	سُلْطَةُ sulṭatu
עברית	־ארכיה árkhiya

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"-archy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-archy. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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-archy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-archy

Chicago

"-archy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-archy.

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@misc{archy_2026,
  title = {-archy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-archy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}