-arch
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Ruler; leader:
统治者；领导者：
matriarch.
女统治者
语源
- Middle English -arche
中古英语 -arche - from Old French
源自 古法语 - from Late Latin -archa
源自 后期拉丁语 -archa - from Latin -archēs
源自 拉丁语 -archēs - from Greek -arkhēs
源自 希腊语 -arkhēs - from arkhos [ruler]
源自 arkhos [统治者] - from arkhein [to rule]
源自 arkhein [统治]
-arch
combining form in countable noun
leader; ruler; chief
⇒
patriarch
⇒
monarch
⇒
heresiarch
Origin
from Greek -arkhēs, from arkhein to rule; compare arch--arch
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “chief, leader, ruler,” used in the formation of compound words:
monarch; matriarch; heresiarch.
Origin
< Greek -archos or -archēs, as comb. forms of árchos leader; cf. archi-
Related Words
- -archy
- autarch
- chiliarch
- cimeliarch
- ecclesiarch
- endarch
-archa suffix meaning 'chief', as in monarch.
[see arch-]-arch
noun combining form
matriarch
adjective combining form
endarch
| I |
ETYMOLOGY Middle English -arche, from Anglo-French & Late Latin & Latin; Anglo-French -arche, from Late Latin -archa, from Latin -arches, -archus, from Greek -archēs, -archos, from archein
: ruler : leadermatriarch
| II |
ETYMOLOGY probably from German, from Greek archē beginning
: having (such) a point or (so many) points of originendarch
-arch
combining form
- (forming nouns) denoting a ruler or leader［构成名词］表示“统治者”, “领袖”：
-
monarch.
词源
Greek arkhos 'ruling'， from arkhein 'to rule'.
-arch
word-forming element meaning "a ruler," from Greek arkhos "leader, chief, ruler," from arkhe "beginning, origin, first place" (see archon).
ORIGIN: Repr. Greek -arkhos , arkhēs ruling, rel. to arkhē rule, arkhein begin, take the lead.
-arch
I.\ˌärk, ˌȧk, alternatively -_ə(r)k in a few common words (as “monarch”) in which the preceding syllable has stress\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -arke, -arche, from Old French & Late Latin & Latin; Old French -arche, from Late Latin -archa, from Latin -arches, -archus, from Greek -archēs, archos — more at archi-
: ruler : leader
< matriarch >
< nomarch >
II.\ˌärk, ˌȧk\ adjective combining form
Etymology: probably from German, from Greek archē beginning — more at archi-
: having (such) a point or (so many) points of origin
< endarch >
< pentarch >
I.
< matriarch >
< nomarch >
II.
< endarch >
< pentarch >
-arch
Suffix
- leading, leader
Etymology
From Latin -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *arkhein (“to begin, rule, command”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -arch