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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1603|origins=fr archives|origins=la archivum|origins=grc ἀρχεῖον}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈɑː.kaɪv/, US /ˈɑːr.kaɪv/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|archīvum]], archīum, partly through obsolete French archive (now archives, plural),^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from Greek [[m|grc|ἀρχεῖον|tr=arkheîon|t=government house]], plural arkheîa, public records,^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from arkhḗ, government (see [[arch-]]).^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A figurative or transferred use: 1603;^(OED 1989) a historical record so preserved, 1638;^(OED 1989) a place where public records are kept, 1645.^(OED 1989)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word is usually plural, archives.^(Collins 2023)^(Etymonline) The verb, to file in an archive, is implied in archived by 1819 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) 1831 in Merriam-Webster and 1934 in the OED.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989) The OED records ''archiving'' from 1978;^(OED 1989) in computing, to archive is to move data to long-term storage.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1603 – figurative use.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1638 – a preserved record.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1645 – a place for records.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1819 – archived.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1978 – archiving (computing).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A collection of historical [[record|alt=records]] or documents, often plural.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A place where such records are kept.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(computing)'' Data moved to long-term storage.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To place or store in an archive.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[archival]]

+ * [[archivist]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[archives]]

+ * [[arch-]]

+ * [[archaic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}