Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ergʰ-
5 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-, most common first.
- archaicThe prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
- archetypeAn original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned.
- matriarchA female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.
- archaismThe adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
- -archleading, leader