archive
English
/ˈɑːkaɪv/, /ˈɑɹkaɪv/
noun
Definitions
- A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
- The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives (archives)).
- (ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
Etymology
Derived from French archive derived from Latin archīvum (archive) derived from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (town hall).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἀρχεῖον
Gloss
town hall
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- archivable English
- archiver English
- archivism English
- archivist English
- bioarchive English
- cryoarchive English
- e-archive English
- rearchive English
- unarchivable English
- unarchive English
- unarchiver English
- archivum Latin
- archīvum Latin
- Archiv German
- archív Hungarian
- archívum Hungarian
- archivio Italian
- archief Dutch, Flemish
- archive French
- archives French
- архи́в Russian
- archivo Spanish, Castilian
- ἀρχεῖον Ancient Greek
- arquivo Portuguese
- アーカイバ Japanese
- アーカイバー Japanese
- アーカイブ Japanese
- アーキビスト Japanese
- archiwum Polish
- arkiv Danish
- أرشيف Arabic
- arxiu Catalan, Valencian
- ארכיון Hebrew (modern)