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archives
c.1600, from Fr.
archif
(16c.), from L.L.
archivum
(sing.), from Gk.
ta arkheia
"public records," pl. of
arkheion
"town hall," from
arkhe
"government," lit. "beginning, origin, first place" (see
archon
). Related:
Archival
(1847).
