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-
- Primary; most important
Derived terms
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
Prefix
archi-
Derived terms
Translations
chief, highest, most extreme
earlier, primitive
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See also
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Prefix
archi-
- arch- (used for intensiveness), ultra-
- (colloquial) dead (extremely)
Derived terms
Italian
Prefix
archi-
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ar.kʰi/, [ärkʰɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.ki/, [ärki]
Prefix
archi-
Derived terms
Descendants
Spanish
Alternative forms
Prefix
archi-
Derived terms
Further reading
- “archi-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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