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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English arche, [[bor|fro|arche|t=arch of a bridge, arcade]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Gallo-Romance *arca, a feminine form from the neuter plural of Latin arcus, a bow, arch (see [[arc]], [[arrow]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is a doublet of arc.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[inh|enm|arche]], [[bor|fro|arche|t=arch of a bridge, arcade]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Gallo-Romance *arca, a feminine form from the neuter plural of [[la|arcus]], a bow, arch (see [[arc]], [[arrow]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is a doublet of arc.^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==
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==Etymology==
− It is the prefix [[arch-]] used as a separate word,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a prefix attested from late Old English in words such as [[archangel]] and [[archbishop]],^(Etymonline) from Greek arkhi-, chief.^(SOED 2002)
+ It is the prefix [[arch-]] used as a separate word,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) a prefix attested from late Old English in words such as [[archangel]] and [[archbishop]],^(Etymonline) from [[grc|ἀρχι-|tr=arkhi-]], chief.^(SOED 2002)
==Earliest recorded meaning==