Morpheme
Arch
Type
bound base
Denotation
first, early, primitive, primary, principal, govern, leader, ruler
Etymology
(1) Ancient Greek arkhós, from árkhō; (2) Ancient Greek arkhé-, from arkhḗ, from árkhō + -ē; (3) Latin archi-; Ancient Greek arkhi-, from (a) árkhō or (b) arkhós, from árkhō; (4) Latin archī-; Ancient Greek arkheîon, from arkheîos, arkhḗ, from árkhō + -ē
Evidence
adrenarche, adrenarcheal, anarchy, archangel, archbishop, archduke, arche-, -arche-, archegonium, archegony, archelogy, archencephalon, archenemy, arch, esporium, archetype, archi-, archiater, archibenthic, archiblastula, archicarp, archicerebellum, archicontinent, archicortex, archicortical, archidiabolical, archidiaconate, archiestrogen, archigrapheme, archiloquy, archimage, archimagus, archipallium, archipelago, archipendulum, archiphoneme, archipterygium, architect, architexture, architranseme, archive, archives, archmage, archon, archontes, autarch, demarchy, eparch, eparchate, eparchial, eparchy, ethnarch, gonadarche, gynarchy, hierarchical, matriarch, matriarchal, matriarchy, menarche, monarch, monarchy, negarchy, oligarch, patriarch, spermarche, tetrarch
Notes
“leader” sense developed from “first, primary” sense
