archi- 或 arch-
pref.（前缀）

Chief; highest; most important:
主要的；最高的；最重要的：
archiepiscopal.
大主教的
Earlier; primitive:
早期的；原始的：
archenteron.
原肠

语源

French archi-
法语 archi-
Italian arci-
意大利语 arci-
both from Latin archi-
都源自拉丁语 archi-
from Greek arkhi-, arkh-
源自希腊语 arkhi-, arkh-
from arkhein [to begin, rule]
源自 arkhein [开始，统治]

archi-

combining form

a variant of arch-

arch- or archi-

combining form

chief; principal; of highest rank

⇒ archangel

⇒ archbishop

⇒ archduke

eminent above all others of the same kind; extreme

⇒ archenemy

⇒ archfiend

⇒ archfool

Origin

ultimately from Greek arkhi-, from arkhein to rule

archi-

Word Origin

a combining form with the general sense “first, principal,” that is prefixed to nouns denoting things that are earliest, most basic, or bottommost (archiblast; archiphoneme; architrave); or denoting individuals who direct or have authority over others of their class, usually named by the base noun (archimandrite; architect).

Also, especially before a vowel, arch-.

Compare arch-¹, arche-.

Origin

< Greek, combining form akin to archḗ beginning, árchos leader, árchein to be the first, command

Related Words

arch-
arche-
archimandrite
architect
-arch
acritarch

archi-a prefix:

1. variant of arch-.

2. Biology 'original' or 'primitive', as in archicarp.

[Latin, from Greek. See arch-]

archi-
prefix
or arch-

ETYMOLOGY French or Latin; French, from Latin, from Greek — more at arch-

: primitive : original : primary
archenteron

archi-, prefix|ˌɑːkɪ-|a. L. archi-, Gr. ἀρχι-: see arch-. This form of the prefix is retained in words taken in modern times from Gr. or L., directly or through mod.Fr., and in compounds formed on the model of these. Hence it is sometimes found in the adjectives, etc. belonging to substantives, which, from their earlier introduction, have themselves the form arch-, as archdeacon, archidiaconal, archbishop, archiepiscopal. Some words have both forms, as archi-presbyter, arch-presbyter.1. = arch-; chief, principal, first in authority or order. a. in ns., as ‖ archidiˈdascalus [latinized f. Gr. ἀρχι-διδάσκαλος], head-master of a school; whence archididaˈscalian, -ine, a., of a headmaster; † archiguˈbernacy [L. archigubernus chief pilot], office of governor-in-chief; archi-master, see archemaster; archi-tyˈpographer [mod.L. architypographus in Laudian Statutes], chief printer, superintendent of printing office. So † archibellows (nonce-wd.), archi-table. b. in adjs., as archidiaconal, archiepiscopal, etc.; also archi-heretical, archi-prelatical, archi-supreme, archi-symbolical.1599James I Basil. Doron (1682) 69 Buchanan's or Knoxe's Chronicles..these *archibellouses of rebellion.1811Parr Wks. 1828 VII. 440 The long exercise of petty *Archididascalian authority.1881Athenæum 15 Jan. 93/2 Beneath the clerical and *archididascaline roof.1844Sir J. Stephen Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 367 The responsible office of *Archididascalus.1865Staunton Gt. Sch. Eng. Westm. ii. 133 Two masters styled respectively *Archididascalus and Hypodidascalus.1665Surv. Aff. Netherl. 231 They did that at the Sea by an *Archigubernacy, or chief Governour and Admiral.1721Bailey, *Archiheretical, false in the highest and most dangerous degree.1637Bastwick Ld. Bishops i. A iiij, *Archiprelaticall Iurisdiction is grounded upon Canon and Positive Law.1813G. Edwards Meas. True Policy 63 Arranged under the Supreme Administrative, as *archi⁓supreme.1660Jer. Taylor Worthy Commun. i. §21 The Divinest and *Archisymbolical feast.1842Mrs. Gore Fascin. 48 The pedigree to be deposited upon the *architable of the king.a1672Wood Life (1848) 172 n., Dr. F..would not suffer him to execute the place of *architypographer.2. In Biol. and Anthrop., meaning ‘archetypal’ or ‘primitive’: as archiˈnephron, the primitive kidney, whence archiˈnephric a.; archipteˈrygium, the primitive fin or wing, whence archipteˈrygian a. Also archiˈlithic, archiˈzoic: see archæo-.1880Huxley Cray-Fish iv. 211 The primitive alimentary apparatus or archenteron.1878Bell Gegenbauer's Anat. 603 The most anterior end of the archinephric duct.1878Green Coal iv. 146 The archipterygian type is not plainly visible in such a limb.1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man II. xv. 9 The Primordial, Archizoic, or Archilithic Epoch.

archi- /ˈɑ:ki/ prefix.

ORIGIN: Latin from Greek arkhi-: see arch-.

1.= arch-:a. Forming nouns, as archiepiscopate, archipresbyter, etc.b. Forming adjectives, as archiepiscopal etc., freq. corresp. to nouns in arch-, as archidiaconal etc.

2.Biology. With the sense ‘archetypal, primitive’, as archinephros etc.

3.Anatomy. Designating the phylogenetically oldest parts of the brain, as archipallium, archistriatum, etc.

archi-

prefix. a form of arch-, found mainly in modern loans from Greek or Latin or in words patterned on them, as in archipallium, archiplasm.

archi-
prefix
or arch-
Etymology: Middle French & Italian & Latin; Middle French archi- & Italian arci-, from Latin archi-, from Greek arch-, archi; akin to Greek archein to begin, archē beginning, archos ruler
1. : chief : principal
< archiepiscopal >
— archi- before consonants, arch- or more frequently archi- before vowels
2. : primitive : original : primary
< archenteron >
< archiblast >
< archicarp >
< archicontinent >
< archipterygium >

archi-

Prefix

chief, highest, most important
earlier, primitive

Etymology

From Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin, lead, rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *arkhein (“to begin, rule, command”).

Derived terms

English words prefixed with archi-

词汇	archi-
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD OED SOED WBD Webster Wiktionary archi- 或 arch- pref.（前缀） Chief; highest; most important: 主要的；最高的；最重要的： archiepiscopal. 大主教的 Earlier; primitive: 早期的；原始的： archenteron. 原肠语源 French archi- 法语 archi- Italian arci- 意大利语 arci- both from Latin archi- 都源自拉丁语 archi- from Greek arkhi-, arkh- 源自希腊语 arkhi-, arkh- from arkhein [to begin, rule] 源自 arkhein [开始，统治] archi- combining form a variant of arch- arch- or archi- combining form chief; principal; of highest rank ⇒ archangel ⇒ archbishop ⇒ archduke eminent above all others of the same kind; extreme ⇒ archenemy ⇒ archfiend ⇒ archfool Origin ultimately from Greek arkhi-, from arkhein to rule archi- Word Origin 1 a combining form with the general sense “first, principal,” that is prefixed to nouns denoting things that are earliest, most basic, or bottommost (archiblast; archiphoneme; architrave); or denoting individuals who direct or have authority over others of their class, usually named by the base noun (archimandrite; architect). Also, especially before a vowel, arch-. Compare arch-¹, arche-. Origin < Greek, combining form akin to archḗ beginning, árchos leader, árchein to be the first, command Related Words arch- arche- archimandrite architect -arch acritarch archi-a prefix: 1. variant of arch-. 2. Biology 'original' or 'primitive', as in archicarp. [Latin, from Greek. See arch-] archi- prefix or arch- ETYMOLOGY French or Latin; French, from Latin, from Greek — more at arch- : primitive : original : primary archenteron archi-, prefix\|ˌɑːkɪ-\|a. L. archi-, Gr. ἀρχι-: see arch-. This form of the prefix is retained in words taken in modern times from Gr. or L., directly or through mod.Fr., and in compounds formed on the model of these. Hence it is sometimes found in the adjectives, etc. belonging to substantives, which, from their earlier introduction, have themselves the form arch-, as archdeacon, archidiaconal, archbishop, archiepiscopal. Some words have both forms, as archi-presbyter, arch-presbyter.1. = arch-; chief, principal, first in authority or order. a. in ns., as ‖ archidiˈdascalus [latinized f. Gr. ἀρχι-διδάσκαλος], head-master of a school; whence archididaˈscalian, -ine, a., of a headmaster; † archiguˈbernacy [L. archigubernus chief pilot], office of governor-in-chief; archi-master, see archemaster; archi-tyˈpographer [mod.L. architypographus in Laudian Statutes], chief printer, superintendent of printing office. So *† archibellows* (nonce-wd.), *archi-table. b. in adjs., as archidiaconal, archiepiscopal, etc.; also archi-heretical, archi-prelatical, archi-supreme, archi-symbolical.1599James I Basil. Doron* (1682) 69 Buchanan's or Knoxe's Chronicles..these archibellouses of rebellion.1811Parr Wks.* 1828 VII. 440 The long exercise of petty Archididascalian authority.1881Athenæum 15 Jan. 93/2 Beneath the clerical and archididascaline roof.1844Sir J. Stephen Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 367 The responsible office of Archididascalus.1865Staunton Gt. Sch. Eng.* Westm. ii. 133 Two masters styled respectively Archididascalus and Hypodidascalus.1665Surv. Aff. Netherl. 231 They did that at the Sea by an Archigubernacy, or chief Governour and Admiral.1721Bailey, Archiheretical, false in the highest and most dangerous degree.1637Bastwick Ld. Bishops* i. A iiij, Archiprelaticall Iurisdiction is grounded upon Canon and Positive Law.1813G. Edwards Meas. True Policy* 63 Arranged under the Supreme Administrative, as archi⁓supreme.1660Jer. Taylor Worthy Commun.* i. §21 The Divinest and Archisymbolical feast.1842Mrs. Gore Fascin.* 48 The pedigree to be deposited upon the architable of the king.a1672Wood Life* (1848) 172 n., Dr. F..would not suffer him to execute the place of architypographer.2. In Biol.* and Anthrop., meaning ‘archetypal’ or ‘primitive’: as archiˈnephron, the primitive kidney, whence archiˈnephric a.; archipteˈrygium, the primitive fin or wing, whence archipteˈrygian a. Also archiˈlithic, archiˈzoic: see archæo-.1880Huxley Cray-Fish iv. 211 The primitive alimentary apparatus or archenteron.1878Bell Gegenbauer's Anat. 603 The most anterior end of the archinephric duct.1878Green Coal iv. 146 The archipterygian type is not plainly visible in such a limb.1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man II. xv. 9 The Primordial, Archizoic, or Archilithic Epoch. archi- /ˈɑ:ki/ prefix. ORIGIN: Latin from Greek arkhi-: see arch-. 1.= arch-:a. Forming nouns, as archiepiscopate, archipresbyter, etc.b. Forming adjectives, as archiepiscopal etc., freq. corresp. to nouns in arch-, as archidiaconal etc. 2.Biology. With the sense ‘archetypal, primitive’, as archinephros etc. 3.Anatomy. Designating the phylogenetically oldest parts of the brain, as archipallium, archistriatum, etc. archi- prefix. a form of arch-, found mainly in modern loans from Greek or Latin or in words patterned on them, as in archipallium, archiplasm. archi- prefix or arch- Etymology: Middle French & Italian & Latin; Middle French archi- & Italian arci-, from Latin archi-, from Greek arch-, archi; akin to Greek archein to begin, archē beginning, archos ruler 1. : chief : principal < archiepiscopal > — archi- before consonants, arch- or more frequently archi- before vowels 2. : primitive : original : primary < archenteron > < archiblast > < archicarp > < archicontinent > < archipterygium > archi- Prefix chief, highest, most important earlier, primitive Etymology From Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin, lead, rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *arkhein (“to begin, rule, command”). Derived terms ► English words prefixed with archi- See also arch-
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archi-

combining form

arch- or archi-

combining form

Origin

archi-

Related Words

archi-

Prefix

Etymology

Derived terms

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