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(). [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-.] 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. スポンサード リンク
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