archipelago
Word family nounarchipelagoadjectivearchipelagic
ar·chi·pel·a·go /ˌɑːkəˈpeləɡəʊ $ ˌɑːrkəˈpeləɡoʊ/ noun (plural archipelagos) [countableC] Origin archipelago (1600-1700) Archipelago “Aegean sea” ((16-19 centuries)), from
Italian,
“main sea”, from
arci- (from
Latin archi-;
→ ARCH-) +
Greek pelagos “sea”