arch-

See also: arch, ARCH, ärch, -arch, and arch.

English

Etymology

From Middle English arch-, arche-, from Old English arċe-, ærċe-, erċe- (“arch-”), from Latin archi- (reborrowed directly as Modern English archi-), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to lead, to rule, to govern”) (whence also English -arch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃ/

Prefix

arch-

  1. chief, highest, most extreme

Derived terms
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