Etymology

architectural

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Today it means: Pertaining to architecture. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English architecture ← French architecture
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  3. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  4. Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tétḱō
  8. Proto-Hellenic*téktōn
  9. Ancient Greekτέκτων (téktōn)
  10. Ancient Greekἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)
  11. Latinarchitectus
  12. Latinarchitectūra
  13. Frencharchitecture
  14. Englisharchitecture
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. English todayarchitectural

From architecture + -al.

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