English Explanatory Dictionary

-arch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. leading, leader

Pronunciation

/ɑːk/ /ɑɹk/ en-us-arc.ogg

Word forms

-arch

Etymology

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”).

Related words

archi- archon
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