The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀρχιτέκτων“master builder”
- Latin · derived fromarchitectus
- Middle French · derived fromarchitecte
- English todayarchitect
From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”). By surface analysis, archi- + -tect.
Words from the same roots
Latinarchitectus all →
Ancient Greekἀρχιτέκτων all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.