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name
A muse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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name
One of the moons of Jupiter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: often italicized
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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History
Borrowed from Latin Archē, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχή (Arkhḗ), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning, origin”).
From Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ, literally “beginning, origin”).
Across languages
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