archæ-
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: äkē—, IPA: /ɑːkiː—/Prefix
- ancient; antediluvian; archaic; old; prehistoric; primitive
Alternative forms
| archae- | | archai- (dated or academic) | | arche- (US) |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”, “primitive”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”).[1]
Derived terms
archæbacterium (bacteriology) →archæbacterialarchæoastronomy →archæoastronomerarchæoastronomicalarchæocyte (zoology)archæo-geologyarchæography →archæographicalarchæolithicarchæomagnetism (archaeology) →archæomagneticarchæometry →archæometricarchæometristarchæopteryx (palaeontology)archæostomatousarchæozoic Related terms
Archæa (biology) →archæal (biology)Archæan (geology)archæologerarchæologic →archæological →archæologicallyarchæologue (archaic)archæology →archæologianarchæologistarchæologize →archæologizingarchæon (biology) References
- ^ “archæo-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]