Archi-

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Archi- \Ar"chi-\ [L., archi-, Gr. 'archi-, a prefix which is
     from the same root as 'a`rchein to be first, to begin; 'archh
     the first place, beginning; 'archo`s chief. Cf. AS. arce-,
     erce-, OHG. erzi-, G. erz-.]
     A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect,
     archiepiscopal. In (Biol.) and (Anat.) it usually means


     primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the
     primitive fin or wing.
     [1913 Webster]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Archi
     a city on the boundary of Ephraim and Benjamin (Josh. 16:2),
     between Bethel and Beth-horon the nether.