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- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
- Latinarchi-
- Old Englisharċe-
- Middle Englisharch-
- English todayarch-
From Middle English arch-, arche-, from Old English arċe-, ærċe-, erċe- (“arch-”), borrowed from Latin archi-, this stemming from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-).
Words from the same roots
Latinarchi- all →
archipelagoarchduchy
Ancient Greekἀρχι- all →
archenteronarchipterygium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.