http://www.teesforall.com/images/thumbs/SOA_Ride_Vote_Black_Shirt_POP_130_130.jpg The word "Anarchy" comes from the ancient Greek ἀναρχία, anarchia, from ἀν an, "not, without" +‎ ἀρχός arkhos, "ruler", meaning "absence of a leader", "without rulers"). The word ἀρχός archos, ruler, is also closely related to the word αρχή arkhē, meaning "beginning, origin". Living without rulers, in this sense, would be akin to living without origins.