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Where does “arkeō” come from?

arkeō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- — to protect, guard, hold, lock.

Ancestry of “arkeō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erk-to protect, guard, hold, lock

Words derived from “arkeō”

  • exercise
  • arch
  • exercising
  • coercion
  • ark
  • archway
  • archer
  • arcane
  • archery
  • exercisable
  • archly
  • arcana
  • archness
  • exerciser
  • postexercise
  • archy
  • archtop
  • exerciseth
  • nonexercise
  • overarch
  • exercent
  • overexercise
  • exercisability
  • exercitation
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