archive

C1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈɑɹkaɪv/ UK /ˈɑːkaɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #13020

Meanings

1

noun
A collection of historical documents or records, or the place where they are kept.

She spent weeks in the national archive reading old wartime letters.
2

verb
To store something, such as documents or data, for safekeeping or future reference.

I archived last year's emails so my inbox would load faster.
3

noun
A single file that holds one or more compressed files together.

They extracted the archive onto the disk to install the program.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 verb · to store something, such as... file away

Word family

Forms archivedarchivesarchiving

Derived forms archivalarchivationarchivingarchivismarchivistarchivizationbioarchivecryoarchivede-archivee-archivesubarchiveunarchive

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχω (ắrkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ) Ancient Greek *ἀρχεῖος (*arkheîos) Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon)bor. Latin archīvumbor. French archives French archiveder. English archive First appears c. 1603 in a translation by Philemon Holland. From French archive(s), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”).

*h₂ergʰ- Proto-Indo-European archive French archīvum Latin ἀρχεῖον Ancient Greek

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Topics

Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# archive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈɑɹkaɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɑːkaɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 13020

## Meanings
1. A collection of historical documents or records, or the place where they are kept.
2. To store something, such as documents or data, for safekeeping or future reference.
3. A single file that holds one or more compressed files together.

## Examples
- She spent weeks in the national archive reading old wartime letters.
- I archived last year's emails so my inbox would load faster.
- They extracted the archive onto the disk to install the program.

## Derived Forms
- archival
- archivation
- archiving
- archivism
- archivist
- archivization
- bioarchive
- cryoarchive
- de-archive
- e-archive
- subarchive
- unarchive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ergʰ-
- Root: archive
- Root: archīvum
- Root: ἀρχεῖον

## Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχω (ắrkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ) Ancient Greek *ἀρχεῖος (*arkheîos) Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon)bor. Latin archīvumbor. French archives French archiveder. English archive First appears c. 1603 in a translation by Philemon Holland. From French archive(s), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”).

## AI Etymology
Archive first appears c. 1603 in a translation by Philemon Holland. From French archive(s), from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “town hall”). The historical chain records Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχω (ắrkhō), Proto-Indo-European *-h₂, Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂, Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā), Ancient Greek -η (-ē), Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ), Ancient Greek *ἀρχεῖος (*arkheîos), Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon), Latin archīvum, French archives, French archive, and English archive. Important recorded forms include *h₂ergʰ- (Proto-Indo-European), archive (French), archīvum (Latin), and ἀρχεῖον (Ancient Greek). Current senses include a collection of historical documents or records, or the place where they are kept, to store something, such as documents or data, for safekeeping or future reference, and a single file that holds one or more compressed files together. The wider family includes derived forms such as archival, archivation, archiving, archivism, and archivist.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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