< Gr anarchos, without a leader < an-, without + archos, leader: see -arch
anarch in American English
(ˈænɑːrk)
noun
archaic
anarchist
Word origin
[1880–85; back formation from anarchy]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, highball, irredentist, regionalism