archipelago
English
/ɑːkɪˈpɛləɡəʊ/, /ˌɑɹkɪˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (collective) A group of islands.
- (by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian arcipelago (Aegean Sea) derived from *ἀρχιπέλαγος prefix from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (sea).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πέλαγος
Gloss
sea
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Arctic Archipelago English
- Canadian Arctic English
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago English
- archenteron English
- archipelagal English
- archipelagic English
- arctic English
- subarchipelago English
- archi- Latin
- archidiaconus Latin
- archiepiscopus Latin
- pelagus Latin
- Arcipelago Italian
- arcipelago Italian
- archipel French
- archipiélago Spanish, Castilian
- άρχι- Ancient Greek
- πέλαγος Ancient Greek
- ἀρχι- Ancient Greek
- ἄρχω Ancient Greek
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- arkipel Norwegian Bokmål
- arkipel Norwegian Nynorsk
- erki- Old Norse
- arkipelago Esperanto
- αρχι- Greek (modern)
- αρχιπέλαγος Greek (modern)
- πέλαγος Greek (modern)
- arkipelago Cebuano
- pellg Albanian
- ארכיפלג Hebrew (modern)
- არქიპელაგი Georgian
- *ἀρχιπέλαγος gkm
- *ἀρχιπέλαγος grc-koi