Archi- Definition
ärki, ärkə, ärkē
prefix
Chief; highest; most important.
Archiepiscopal.
American Heritage
Earlier; primitive.
Archenteron.
American Heritage
Chief, highest, most important.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
affix
Chief, first.
Archiepiscopal.
Webster's New World
Primitive, original.
Archiblast.
Webster's New World
Origin of Archi-
French archi- Italian arci- both from Latin archi- from Greek arkhi-, arkh- from arkhein to begin, rule
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek prefix ἀρχι- (arkhi-), from ἄρχω (arkhō, “I begin, lead, rule, govern”).
From Wiktionary
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see arch-
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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