Editing Archipelago (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''archipelago'' is derived from the Italian ''arcipelago'', used as a proper name for the [[Aegean Sea]], itself perhaps a deformation of the Greek Αιγαίον Πέλαγος.<ref>{{cite Dictionary.com|archipelago}}</ref><ref>Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. "archipelago (n.), Etymology", July 2023, [https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/4069383322]</ref> Later, usage shifted to refer to the [[Aegean Islands]] (since the sea has a large number of islands). The erudite [[paretymology]], deriving the word from [[Ancient Greek]] ἄρχι-(''arkhi-'', "chief") and πέλαγος (''pélagos'', "sea"), proposed by [[Cristoforo Buondelmonti|Buondelmonti]], can still be found.<ref>Maltézou, Chryssa A., ''De la mer Égée à l'archipel: quelques remarques sur l'histoire insulaire égéenne'' In: Mélanges Hélène Ahrweiler Pt. 2 (1998) p. 464-465</ref>