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1-arch
noun combining form
Definition of -ARCH
: ruler : leader <matriarch>
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Origin of -ARCH
Middle English -arche, from Anglo-French & Late Latin & Latin; Anglo-French -arche, from Late Latin -archa, from Latin -arches, -archus, from Greek -archēs, -archos, from archein
2-arch
adjective combining form
Definition of -ARCH
: having (such) a point or (so many) points of origin <endarch>
Origin of -ARCH
probably from German, from Greek archē beginning
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