archi-

See also: archi, Archi, and -archi

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin archi- (chief, early), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, chief, leading), from ἄρχω (árkhō, I begin, lead, rule, govern)

Prefix

archi-

  1. Primary; most important

Derived terms

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, I begin, lead, rule, govern), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (to begin, rule, command).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)kɪ/

Prefix

archi-

  1. chief, highest, most important
  2. earlier, primitive

Derived terms

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French

Prefix

archi-

  1. arch- (used for intensiveness), ultra-
  2. (colloquial) dead (extremely)
    archifaux
    dead wrong

Derived terms

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Italian

Prefix

archi-

  1. arch-

Derived terms

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-).

Pronunciation

Prefix

archi-

  1. arch-, archi-

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Portuguese: arqui- (borrowing), arce-, arci-

Spanish

Prefix

archi-

  1. archi-, arch-

Derived terms

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