archaically
Meaningin an old way
Common meaning: in an old-fashioned way
- archa beginning; rule, commandLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 121 · scan
- aicallyadverb ending: in a way having to do with
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἀρχή ‘a beginning; rule, command’.
Roots
- ἀρχή Greek “a beginning; rule, command”
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