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Webster 1913 Edition

-arch

-arch

.
[Gr.
ἀρχόσ
chief, commander,
ἄρχειν
to rule. See
Arch
,
Adj.
]
A suffix meaning
a ruler
, as in mon
arch
(a sole ruler).

Definition 2024

-arch

-arch

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

English

Suffix

-arch

  1. leading, leader

Derived terms

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Etymology

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

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