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Where does “archief” come from?

archief (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch archiven, from Middle French archives.

archief (Dutch): archive

Definitions

  1. archive

Ancestry of “archief”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutcharchiven—
2Middle Frencharchives—

Words derived from “archief”

  • arsip
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