Word Origin Summary

*ἀρχιπέλαγος is attested in Koine Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• artxipelago

  Basque · borrowed from

• archipiélago

  Spanish · derived from

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