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for Archi-
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Archi- \Ar"chi-\ [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.
[1913 Webster]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :
Archi
a city on the boundary of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2),
between Bethel and Beth-horon the nether.
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