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The root of the word archaic is arch which means old. Arch is the root word for monarch, archenemy and archangel.

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archaic = αρχαϊκ-ός < αρχαί-ος + -ικός (=ancient + -suffix for adjectives)

αρχαί-ος < αρχή [archee] = the beginning, the start, the authority

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