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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἀρχηγέτης“founder, leader, progenitor”
- English todayarchegete
From Ancient Greek ἀρχηγέτης (arkhēgétēs, “founder, leader, progenitor”). Doublet of Archegetes (epithet of Apollo). Compare exegete (from Ancient Greek ἐξηγητής (exēgētḗs)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀρχηγέτης all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.