Archipelagus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Ἀρχιπέλαγος (Arkhipélagos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) +‎ πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), literally “the Main Sea”. By surface analysis, archi- +‎ pelagus. === Proper noun === Archipelagus n sg (genitive Archipelagī); second declension (New Latin) synonym of Aegaeum mare ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Middle French: Archipelague (learned)French: Archipélague (obsolete)