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

► Translingual words prefixed with archi-

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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

► English words prefixed with archi-

Translations

chief, highest, most extreme

• French: archi- (fr)
• Galician: archi-
• Greek: αρχι- (el) (archi-)

• Hungarian: fő- (hu)
• Portuguese: arqui- (pt)
• Russian: архи- (ru) (arxi-)
• Spanish: archi- (es), arqui-, arzo-

earlier, primitive

• Hungarian: ős-, elő- (hu)

See also

• arch-

Anagrams

• Chair, Chira, chair

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi/

Prefix

archi-

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

   ‎archi- + ‎faux (“wrong”) → ‎archifaux (“dead wrong, extremely wrong”)

   ‎archi- + ‎vrai (“true”) → ‎archivrai (“extremely true”)

Derived terms

► French words prefixed with archi-

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Italian

Prefix

archi-

1. arch-

Derived terms

► Italian words prefixed with archi-

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi/, [ärkʰɪ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki/, [ɑrki]

Prefix

archi-

1. arch-, archi-

Derived terms

► Latin words prefixed with archi-

Descendants

• → Portuguese: arqui-, arce-, arci-
• → Spanish: arqui-, archi-, arce-, arci-, arz-
• → West Germanic: *arci- (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old English: arċe-, ærċe-, erċe-
    • Middle English: arche-
      • English: arch-

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• arqui-

Prefix

archi-

1. archi-, arch-

Derived terms

► Spanish words prefixed with archi-

Further reading

• “archi-” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.