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  • Is there a general rule for which types of nouns end in -archy vs. -cracy?
    Words in -archy are abstract nouns for types of government, leadership, or social influence or organization They correspond to nouns in -arch for a person or people who rule or command in that way For example, a monarch (Greek monos , alone or single) is a sovereign head of state, in a type of government called monarchy
  • Form of government (-archy -cracy) where the strongest rules
    (Biarchy exists but denotes “dual sovereignty, government by two”—i e , not bia-+ -archy but just bi-+ -archy ) But in Greek political philosophy, those who argue for rule by the stronger (like Thrasymachus in Book I of Plato’s Republic, and Callicles in the same author’s Gorgias) are arguing for that polity which goes by the name of
  • greek - Opposite of -cracy -archy? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
    Something + -cracy -archy (“strength, power”) produces a word meaning ‘rule by those who are have were whatever the something is’ For example, ‘plutocracy’ is pluto- (“wealth”) + -cracy and means ‘rule by the wealthy’, whilst ‘ptochocracy’ is ptocho- (“poverty”) + -cracy and means ‘rule by the poor’
  • What determines the pronunciation of the prefix arch-?
    Unlike words beginning with the arch‑ prefix, which have a tʃ , those that have an arch(a)eo‑ or archi‑ prefix, or an ‑archy suffix or ‑arche suffix, have a k there The archi-prefix the OED explains as: L archi-, Gr ἀρχι-: see arch- This form of the prefix is retained in words taken in modern times from Gr or L
  • “Government by [two three many persons]” is to “[diarchy triarchy . . .
    The government by two persons is called "diarchy," three persons is called "triarchy," many persons is called "polyarchy "
  • Etymology and pronunciation of arch-, archi-
    The prefix arch-, archi- “chief, principal; extreme, ultra; early, primitive,” derives from Latinized Greek arkh-, arkhi-, the combining form of arkhos “chief ” Usually, arch- is pronounced like “a
  • And so forth, and so on -- comma to follow midsentence?
    to enclose parenthetical words and phrases (Archy, a teenager, is developing an iPhone application that can change the world ) between adjectives (He is a tall, distinguished man ) before quotes (Mr Kershner says, "That's what I'm talking about ") to separate parts of geographical references (The plane landed in Kampala, Uganda )
  • Is there a gender-neutral prefix for parent?
    The prefixes "patr-" and "matr-" refer, respectively, to father and mother--e g , a patriarch is a father who rules a family, and a matrilineal society is one where property is passed from mother to
  • What is the history and meaning of the suffix -ism?
    The OED is one of the most authoritative sources on this kind of thing: Etymology: Repr French -isme, Latin -ismus, < Greek -ισμός, forming nouns of action from verbs in -ίζειν, e g βαπτίζειν to dip, baptize, βαπτισμός the action of dipping, baptism
  • etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    I'm a historian, so this isn't my speciality I'm looking into the etymology of "to lead" and related verbs Since there are numerous verbs with some similarity but vastly different etymology (such as lead from Old German, conduct from Latin, guide from French), I wonder if any verbs derive from Old Greek ἄρχω (árkhō), especially considering the use of the suffix -archy as in monarc





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