architecture English · revision 5337

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1555|origins=grc ἀρχιτέκτων}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈɑː.kɪ.tek.tʃə/, US /ˈɑːr.kə.tek.tʃɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|architecture]], possibly influenced by Italian architettura,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[la|architectūra]], from [[m|la|architectus|t=master builder, chief workman]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[grc|ἀρχιτέκτων|tr=arkhitéktōn|t=master builder]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[architect]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The art of building, especially of fine buildings: 1555 in Barnhart, 1563 in the OED, the 1560s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Buildings constructed architecturally are from 1611, the 1610s in Etymonline,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and the process of building from 1646, now archaic.^(OED 1989) Structure in general, abstract or concrete, is from about 1590,^(OED 1989) and a particular style of building from 1703.^(OED 1989) In computing, the logical organization of a computer is from 1962.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1555 – the art of building.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1590 – structure in general.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – buildings.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1703 – a style of building.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1962 – in computing.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The art and science of designing [[building|alt=buildings]] and overseeing their construction.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A style of building: ''Gothic architecture''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Buildings considered together.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The structure or design of something: ''the architecture of the brain''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(computing)'' The overall design of a computer system.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[architectural]]

+ * [[architecturally]]

+ * [[architect]]

+ * [[architectonic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}