'alytarch' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'ἀλυτάρχης', where 'ἀλύτης' meant 'unbound' and 'ἄρχω' meant 'to rule'.

'ἀλυτάρχης' transformed into the Latin word 'alytarches', and eventually became the modern English word 'alytarch'.

Initially, it meant 'one who rules without being bound', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'an official maintaining order'.