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  1. archi-prefix

    chief, highest, most important

  2. archi-prefix

    earlier, primitive

  3. Etymology: From prefix (archi-), from (archō) "to begin, to lead, to rule, to govern".

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  1. archi-

    This is a list of common affixes used when scientifically naming species, particularly extinct species for whom only their scientific names are used, along with their derivations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Archi-

    a prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing

  2. Etymology: [L., archi-, Gr. 'archi-, a prefix which is from the same root as 'a`rchein to be first, to begin; 'archh the first place, beginning; 'archo`s chief. Cf. AS. arce-, erce-, OHG. erzi-, G. erz-.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of archi- in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of archi- in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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