archaism

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂ergʰ-“to begin, rule, command”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀρχαϊσμός“an antiquated phrase or style”
3. New Latin · borrowed fromarchaismus
4. English todayarchaism

17th century, from New Latin archaismus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ἀρχαίζω (arkhaízō, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

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