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arkhipelagos
Greek · medieval
"the chief sea"
literally chief sea, from arkhi (chief) and pelagos (sea), originally naming the Aegean Sea
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arcipelago
Italian · medieval
"a sea studded with many islands"
carried into Italian and broadened to mean any sea studded with islands
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archipelago
English · 1500s
"a group of islands"
settled as the English word for a group of islands
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