köken: From Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía, “system of government by one person with absolute power”), from αὐτός (autós, “single, self, same, alone”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract nouns suffix”).
köken: Etymology tree Arabic اِسْتَبَدَّ (istabadda) Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād)bor. Classical Persian اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād)bor. Uzbek istibdod Borrowed from Classical Persian اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād), from Arabic اِسْتِبْدَاد (istibdād).
autocracy, dictatorial rule by a single person · hegemony, exclusive supremacy in the political sphere or (figurative) in a specific field; not necessarily by one person
köken: Learned borrowing from Koine Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía, “absolute power, autocracy, autarchy”), partially a semantic loan from French autocratie via Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs).
köken: By surface analysis, auto- + -krasi, from Dutch autocratie, from Byzantine Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía, “A system of government by one person with absolute power”).