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==Etymology==
The English word ''archive'' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑr|k|aɪ|v}} is derived from the French ''archives'' (plural), and in turn from [[Latin]] ''archīum'' or ''archīvum'',<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Darchium archīum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185602/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Darchium |date=24 September 2015 }}, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, ''A Latin Dictionary'', on Perseus</ref> the [[romanization|romanized]] form of the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|ἀρχεῖον}} (''arkheion''). The Greek term originally referred to the home or dwelling of the [[Archon]], a ruler or chief [[magistrate]], in which important official state documents were filed and interpreted; from there its meaning broadened to encompass such concepts as "[[town hall]]" and "[[public records]]".<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29rxei%3Don ἀρχεῖον] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009174332/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=a)rxei=on |date=9 October 2012 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> The root of the Greek word is {{lang|grc|ἀρχή}} (''arkhē''), meaning among other things "magistracy, office, government",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29rxh%2F ἀρχή] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125340/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=a)rxh%2F |date=6 June 2011 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref> and derived from the verb {{lang|grc|ἄρχω}} (''arkhō''), meaning "to begin, rule, govern" (also the root of English words such as "anarchy" and "monarchy").<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29%2Frxw ἄρχω] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618065951/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da%29%2Frxw |date=18 June 2013 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus</ref>

The word ''archive'' was first attested in English in the early 17th century, and the word ''archivist'' in the mid-18th century, although in these periods both terms were usually used only in reference to foreign institutions and personnel. Not until the late 19th century did they begin to be used widely in domestic contexts.<ref name="oed"/><ref>{{cite journal |first=Margaret |last=Procter |title=What's an 'archivist'? Some nineteenth-century perspectives |journal=Journal of the Society of Archivists |volume=31 |issue=1 |year=2010 |pages=15–27 |doi=10.1080/00379811003658476 |s2cid=144006118 }}</ref>

The adjective formed from ''archive'' is ''archival''.