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[ˈɑːkʌɪv], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people
(e.g: source materials in local archives)
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Origin
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early 17th century (in the sense ‘place where records are kept’): from French archives (plural), from Latin archiva, archia, from Greek arkheia ‘public records’, from arkhē ‘government’. The verb dates from the late 19th century
[ˈɑːkʌɪv], (Verb)
Definitions:
- place or store (something) in an archive
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Origin
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early 17th century (in the sense ‘place where records are kept’): from French archives (plural), from Latin archiva, archia, from Greek arkheia ‘public records’, from arkhē ‘government’. The verb dates from the late 19th century
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