Etymology

arche

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Today it means: The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀρχή
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arche · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀρχή
  2. English todayarche

From Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ, literally “beginning, origin”).

Arche · proper noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈρχή
  2. Latin · borrowed fromArchē
  3. English todayArche

Borrowed from Latin Archē, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχή (Arkhḗ), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀρχή all →

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