-arch

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂ergʰ-“to begin, rule, command”
2. Ancient Greek · derived from-άρχης
3. Latin · derived from-archēs
4. Late Latin · derived from-archa
5. English today-arch

From Late Latin -archa, from Latin -archēs, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, government”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

Words from the same roots