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To: E who wrote (3968)	11/27/2004 6:13:16 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4710

arch-1 pref. 1. Chief; highest; most important: archenemy. 2. Extreme or most characteristic of its kind: archconservative. [Middle English arche-, from Old English ærce-, and from Old French arche- both from Latin archi-, from Greek arkhi-, archi-.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. archi- or arch- pref. 1. Chief; highest; most important: archiepiscopal. 2. Earlier; primitive: archenteron. [French archi-, and Italian arci- both from Latin archi-, from Greek arkhi-, arkh-, from arkhein, to begin, rule.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. dictionary.reference.com

To: E who wrote (3968)	12/19/2004 7:41:12 AM
From: Jack Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4710

adjective: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. I don't recognize that at all as a meaning of "arch". I think people are getting two roots confused. The Latin arcus is where we get our word arch as in the famous golden ones of McDonald's. When we use arch as a prefix, as in archbishop it comes from the Greek APXH which in our alphabet comes across as ARCHE, which means "beginning" and from which we get "archeology". The New Testament book of John, for example, begins with "EN APXH" (EN ARCHE) which means "In the beginning". So for me "archenemy" means "principle, chief, worst" or any superlative of that sort, but it comes from the word "beginning, or lifelong, longstanding, etc. Best regards, Jack