The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂ergʰ-“to begin, rule, command”
- English todayarchi-
From Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, lead, rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.