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archae-

UK/ɑːkiː/

archae- prefix: ancient; antediluvian; archaic; old; prehistoric; primitive.

Prefix

archae-

  1. ancient; antediluvian; archaic; old; prehistoric; primitive.

Origin of archae-

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”, “primitive”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”).

Words formed from archae-

Questions about archae-

What does archae- mean?
Archae- means ancient; antediluvian; archaic; old; prehistoric; primitive.
What part of speech is archae-?
Archae- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce archae-?
Archae- is pronounced /ɑːkiː/ (UK).

Words near archae- in the dictionary

  1. arch.
  2. archabbey
  3. archabbeys
  4. archabbot
  5. archabbots
  6. archae-
  7. archaea
  8. archaeacidal
  9. archaeal
  10. archaean
  11. archaeans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: archae- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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