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arch¹
- /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ US
- /ɑːt͡ʃ/ UK
- /ɑɹk/ US
- /ɑːk/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos
Proto-Italic *arkuos
Latin arcus
Old French arc
Old French archebor.
Middle English arch
English arch
From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old English bīeġels and Old English hwealf.
noun arches
- An inverted U shape.
- An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.
- An architectural element having the shape of an arch
- Any place covered by an arch; an archway. to pass into the arch of a bridge
- An arc; a part of a curve.
- A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
- The curved part of the bottom of a foot.
verb arches · arching · arched
- To form into an arch shape. The cat arched its back.
- To cover with an arch or arches.
arch²
- /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ US
- /ɑːt͡ʃ/ UK
- /ɑɹk/ US
- /ɑːk/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.?
Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)
Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)der.
Latin archi-bor.
Old English arċe-
Middle English arch-
English arch-
English arch
From the prefix arch-. "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc.
adjective archer · archest
- Knowing, clever, mischievous. I attempted to hide my emotions, but an arch remark escaped my lips.
- Cute, sly, prematurely wise.
- Principal; primary. They were arch enemies.
noun arches
- A chief. My worthy arch and patron comes to-night.
- Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
arch³
- /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ US
- /ɑːt͡ʃ/ UK
- /ɑɹk/ US
- /ɑːk/ UK
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tʃ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.?
Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)
Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-)
Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō
Proto-Hellenic *téktōn
Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn)
Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor.
Latin architectus
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin architectūralbor.
French architecturebor.
English architectureclip.
English arch
Clipping of architecture.
noun arches
- An architecture; a computer architecture or instruction set architecture. In the Linux kernel, arch-specific code lives in the arch directory of the source tree.
ARCH⁴
adjective
- Initialism of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
Arch⁵
Where it comes from
Clipping of Archibald or Archie.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given names Archibald and Archie.
