C16: from archi- + mage, from Latin magus magician
archimage in American English
(ˈɑːrkəˌmeidʒ)
noun
a great magician
Word origin
[1545–55; archi- + mage]This word is first recorded in the period 1545–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: caste, fusion, integral, offset, spiralarchi- is a combining form with the general sense “first, principal,” that is prefixed tonouns denoting things that are earliest, most basic, or bottommost (archiblast; archiphoneme; architrave); or denoting individuals who direct or have authority over others of their class,usually named by the base noun (archimandrite; architect)