-arch

UK/ɑːk/Canada, US/ɑɹk/

suffix

leading, leader

OriginLate Latin -archa ← Latin -archēs ← Ancient Greek -άρχης →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. leading, leader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-“to begin, rule, command”
  2. Ancient Greek-άρχης
  3. Latin-archēs
  4. Late Latin-archa
  5. English-arch

From Late Latin -archa, from Latin -archēs, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, government”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

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Translations

Afrikaans -arg
  • -argleading, leader
Ancient Greek -άρχης
  • -άρχης (-árkhēs)leading, leader
Basque -arka
  • -arkaleading, leader
Bulgarian -а́рх
  • -а́рх (-árh)leading, leader
Catalan -arca
  • -arcaleading, leader
Czech -archa
  • -archaleading, leader
Danish -ark
  • -arkleading, leader
Dutch -arch
  • -archleading, leader
Esperanto -arĥo, -arko
  • -arĥoleading, leader
  • -arkoleading, leader
Estonian -arh
  • -arhleading, leader
Finnish -arkka, -arkki
  • -arkkaleading, leader
  • -arkkileading, leader
French -arque
  • -arqueleading, leader
German -arch, -archin
  • -archleading, leader
  • -archinleading, leader
Greek -άρχης
  • -άρχης (-árchis)leading, leader
Hebrew ־רְךְ
  • ־רְךְ (-árkh)leading, leader
Hungarian -árka, -archa
  • -árkaleading, leader
  • -archaleading, leader
Indonesian -ark
  • -arkleading, leader
Italian -arca
  • -arcaleading, leader
Latin -archēs, -archa
  • -archēsleading, leader
  • -archaleading, leader
Latvian -arhs
  • -arhsleading, leader
Lithuanian -archas
  • -archasleading, leader
Norwegian Bokmål -ark
  • -arkleading, leader
Polish -archa, -archini
  • -archaleading, leader
  • -archinileading, leader
Portuguese -arca
  • -arcaleading, leader
Romanian -arh, -арх
  • -arhleading, leader
  • -арх (-arh)leading, leader
Russian -а́рх
  • -а́рх (-árx)leading, leader
Slovak -archa
  • -archaleading, leader
Spanish -arca
  • -arcaleading, leader
Swedish -ark
  • -arkleading, leader
Tagalog -arka
  • -arkaleading, leader
Turkish -ark
  • -arkleading, leader
Ukrainian -а́рх, -архи́ня
  • -а́рх (-árx)leading, leader
  • -архи́ня (-arxýnja)leading, leader
Yiddish ־אַרך
  • ־אַרך (-arkh)leading, leader
Cite this entry
APA

-arch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-arch

MLA

“-arch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-arch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-arch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-arch.

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