arch-

See also: arch, ARCH, ärch, -arch, and arch.

English

Etymology

From Middle English arch-, arche-, from Old English arċe-, ærċe-, erċe- (“arch-”), from Latin archi- (reborrowed directly as Modern English archi-), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin, to lead, to rule, to govern”) (whence also English -arch), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃ/

Prefix

arch-

chief, highest, most extreme

Derived terms

► <a href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_arch-' title='Category:English words prefixed with arch-'>English words prefixed with arch-</a>

Related terms

archi-
-arch

Translations

chief, highest, most extreme

Bulgarian: архи- (arhi-), най- (naj-)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 總 (yue) (zung²), 大 (yue) (daai⁶)

Mandarin: 總 (zh), 总 (zh) (zǒng-), 大 (zh) (dà-)
Czech: arci- (cs)
Danish: ærke-
Dutch: aarts- (nl)
Finnish: arkki- (fi), peri-
French: archi- (fr)
German: erz- (de)
Greek: αρχι- (el) (archi-)
Hebrew: ארכי‎ (arkhi)
Hungarian: fő- (hu)

Irish: ard- (ga)
Japanese: 大 (ja) (dai-)
Korean: 대 (ko) (dae-)
Luxembourgish: äerz-
Norwegian: erke-
Polish: arcy- (pl)
Portuguese: arqui- (pt)
Russian: архи- (ru) (arxi-), сверх- (ru) (sverx-), наи- (ru) (nai-)
Serbo-Croatian: nad-
Spanish: archi- (es), arqui-, arzo-
Swedish: ärke- (sv)
Vietnamese: tổng (vi)
Welsh: arch-

Anagrams

Char, Rach, char, rach

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