Etymology of "Archives"

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Etymology of "Archives"

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The word archives came from the Latin archivum, which is a transliteration of the Greek archion (archive, record office; αρχείον)

In Greek
a) archio: archives, file, record [αρχείο]

archion (αρχείον) --> archivum --> archif --> archives


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