köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagobor. French archipelbor. German Archipel Borrowed from French archipel.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagobor. French archipel Borrowed from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagobor. Spanish archipiélago Borrowed from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).
köken: From Byzantine Greek Ἀρχιπέλαγος (Arkhipélagos), formed on the basis of Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), a designation for the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea is a sea with many islands; the term Arcipelago, originally a proper noun referring to the Aegean Sea, was first generalized to a common noun for any sea with many islands, and then to the islands in such a sea.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagoder. Russian архипела́г (arxipelág)bor. Azerbaijani arxipelaq Borrowed from Russian архипела́г (arxipelág).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagoder. Russian архипела́г (arxipelág)bor. Kazakh архипелаг Borrowed from Russian архипела́г (arxipelág).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagoder. Russian архипела́г (arxipelág)bor. Uzbek arxipelag Borrowed from Russian архипела́г (arxipelág).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagobor. Portuguese arquipélago Borrowed from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).
köken: A learned αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”). Learned borrowing from Italian arcipelago, from Byzantine Greek Ἀρχιπέλαγος (Arkhipélagos) which is Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), a designation for the Aegean Sea. Attested since 1728 in Katharevousa as ἀρχιπέλαγος (archipélagos). By surface analysis, αρχι- (archi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagoder. Swedish arkipelag Derived from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).
köken: Learned borrowing from New Latin archipelagus, from English archipelago, from Italian arcipelago, formed on the basis of Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagobor. French archipelbor. German Archipelbor. Czech archipel Borrowed from German Archipel.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagoder. Romanian arhipelag Derived from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).
köken: Borrowed from Italian arcipelago, semantically shifted from Byzantine Greek Ἀρχιπέλαγος (Arkhipélagos) "the greatest of seas" (as the Grecian elements archi- and pelagus imply) to "a collection of islands", possibly due it being over-imposed in maps of the island-rich Aegean Sea.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos) Italian arcipelagoder. Danish arkipelag Derived from Italian arcipelago, from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + πέλαγος (pélagos).