Etymology

archness

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Today it means: The state of being arch. Full definition →

English arch ← Middle English arch- ← Old English arċe-
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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. Latinarchi-
  6. Old Englisharċe-
  7. Middle Englisharch-
  8. Englisharch-
  9. Englisharch
  10. English todayarchness

From arch (“principal; primary; mischievous”, adjective) + -ness.

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