Definition of Arche-
Ar"chi- (&?;). [L., archi-, Gr. 'archi-, a
prefix which is from the same root as 'a`rchein to be first, to
begin; 'archh the first place, beginning; 'archo`s
chief. Cf. AS. arce-, erce-, OHG. erzi-, G. erz-
.] A prefix signifying chief, arch; as,
architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat.
it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as,
archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- chief, highest, most important
- earlier, primitive
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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