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Where does “archivist” come from?

Archivist comes from French archives, from Latin archīvum meaning a repository of records, plus the suffix -ista indicating a practitioner.

archivist (English): One who is in charge of, or performs the task of...

Definitions

  1. One who is in charge of, or performs the task of...

Ancestry of “archivist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisharchiveA place for storing earlier, and often...
2Frencharchivean item in an archive, a document kept for...
3Frencharchivesarchive, the historical material considered as a...
4Latinarchīvum—
5Ancient Greekἀρχεῖονpublic building, town hall
6Ancient GreekἄρχωTo begin; To lead, rule, govern, command; To be...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ergʰ-to begin; to command, rule; to begin, rule,...
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