| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| VARIANT FORMS: | or arch– |
| PREFIX: | 1. Chief; highest; most important: archiepiscopal. 2. Earlier; primitive: archenteron. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French archi- and Italian arci-, both from Latin archi-, from Greek arkhi-, arkh-, from arkhein, to begin, rule.
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