Archipelago Definition
Other Word Forms of Archipelago
Noun
Origin of Archipelago
-
Italian Arcipelago the Aegean Sea alteration (influenced by arci- chief, archi-) of Medieval Latin Ēgēopelagus Latin Aegaeus, Ēgēus Aegean (from Greek Aigaios) Latin pelagus sea (from Greek pelagos plāk-1 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
-
From Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (archi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pelagos, “sea”). The Aegean (the Arcipelago) is a sea with many islands; by extension, the term an Arcipelago at first referred to any sea with many islands, then to the islands themselves.
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to archipelago using the buttons below.