The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀρχαῖος“ancient”, “primitive”
- English todayarchae-
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”, “primitive”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀρχαῖος all →
archaeanarchaeologismarchaeomancyarchaeophyteArchaeopolisarcheopteryxarcheus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.