-archcomb. form¹

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin -archa; Greek -αρχης; French -arche.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin -archa (in e.g. patriarcha patriarch n.; also -arches (in e.g. patriarches ), -archus (in e.g. pentecontarchus pentecontarch n.)) and its etymon ancient Greek -αρχης, -αρχος that rules, ruler (in e.g.χιλιάρχης chiliarch n., πεντεκόνταρχος , respectively) < ἄρχειν to rule (see arch- prefix); in some cases partly via Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French -arche.Earliest in borrowings from Latin, as patriarch n., monarch n.¹, tetrarch n., pentecontarch n. Borrowings become slightly more common in early modern English, e.g. exarch n., chiliarch n., heresiarch n., oligarch n., etc. Formations within English are found (very sparingly) from the 17th cent., e.g. matriarch n., polarch n., dicaearch n., cryptarch n.

Forming nouns with the sense ‘ruler, leader (of a type specified by the first element)’, as cryptarch n., matriarch n., triarch n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

-archcomb. form²

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀρχή.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀρχή beginning, origin < ἄρχειν to begin, take the lead (see arch- prefix).Formations are found from the late 19th cent., earliest (in adjectives designating vascular bundles) after German formations in -arch.

Chiefly Ecology and Botany.

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Forming adjectives relating to origin; esp. designating the vascular bundle of a plant which has developed from a point or points of origin of a type or number specified by the first element (as diarch adj., mesarch adj., octarch adj., etc.), and a succession of plant communities having its origins in a particular habitat specified by the first element (as hydrarch adj. and xerarch adj.).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	-arch
释义	-archcomb. form¹ Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly also a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin -archa; Greek -αρχης; French -arche. Etymology: < post-classical Latin -archa (in e.g. patriarcha patriarch n.; also -arches (in e.g. patriarches ), -archus (in e.g. pentecontarchus pentecontarch n.)) and its etymon ancient Greek -αρχης, -αρχος that rules, ruler (in e.g.χιλιάρχης chiliarch n., πεντεκόνταρχος , respectively) < ἄρχειν to rule (see arch- prefix); in some cases partly via Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French -arche.Earliest in borrowings from Latin, as patriarch n., monarch n.¹, tetrarch n., pentecontarch n. Borrowings become slightly more common in early modern English, e.g. exarch n., chiliarch n., heresiarch n., oligarch n., etc. Formations within English are found (very sparingly) from the 17th cent., e.g. matriarch n., polarch n., dicaearch n., cryptarch n. Forming nouns with the sense ‘ruler, leader (of a type specified by the first element)’, as cryptarch n., matriarch n., triarch n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). -archcomb. form² Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀρχή. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀρχή beginning, origin < ἄρχειν to begin, take the lead (see arch- prefix).Formations are found from the late 19th cent., earliest (in adjectives designating vascular bundles) after German formations in -arch. Chiefly Ecology and Botany. Categories » Forming adjectives relating to origin; esp. designating the vascular bundle of a plant which has developed from a point or points of origin of a type or number specified by the first element (as diarch adj., mesarch adj., octarch adj., etc.), and a succession of plant communities having its origins in a particular habitat specified by the first element (as hydrarch adj. and xerarch adj.). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < comb. form¹comb. form²
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