archi-
TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
Late Latin archi- (“arch-, chief, first”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief, leading”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin, lead, rule, govern”)
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archi-
- Synonym of arch-.
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin, lead, rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).
PronunciationEdit
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archi-
- Synonym of arch-.
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TranslationsEdit
chief, highest, most extreme
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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archi-
- arch- (used for intensiveness), ultra-
- (colloquial) dead (extremely)
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ItalianEdit
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archi-
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LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-). Productive from Late Latin on.
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archi-
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DescendantsEdit
- → Portuguese: arqui-, arce-, arci-
- → Spanish: arqui-, archi-, arce-, arci-, arz-
- → Proto-West Germanic: *arci- (see there for further descendants)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-).
PronunciationEdit
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archi-
- arch-
- archi- + diecezja → archidiecezja
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Further readingEdit
- archi- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- archi- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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archi-
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Further readingEdit
- “archi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014