English
archical
Archical comes from Ancient Greek ἀρχικός ‘able to govern’, and goes back to ἄρχω ‘to begin, lead, rule’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄρχω‘to begin, lead, rule’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀρχικόςarkhikós‘able to govern’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678archical
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄρχω‘to begin, lead, rule’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀρχικόςarkhikós‘able to govern’
- Englishearliest quotation 1678archical
Earliest quotation: 1678, Ralph Cudworth, London: […] Richard Royston: “these three archical hypostases of the Platonic trinity, though…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- ‘to fit, put together’
order, reason, ready, rate, art, army, article, artist, arm, ratio, ordinary, harmony, coordination, alarm, coordinate, armor, arthritis, subordinate, ordination, ornament, articulate, ornate, inertia, arithmetic, inert, artisan, adorn, harmonious, harmonic, aristocratic, ordinate, armament, articulation, ordinator, rta, armadillo, harmonize, rime, ordinal, ordain, 77 more
through Ancient Greek ἄρχω ‘to begin, lead, rule’
anarchy, anarchist, archaic, archetype, archon, archenemy, arche, 13 more
Today it means
adj chief; primary; primordial
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄρχω / archical