English word tar comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἀρχεῖον, and later Latin archivum (Archive room. Archives. Public records office.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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ἀρχεῖον | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
archivum | Latin (lat) | Archive room. Archives. Public records office. |
archive | French (fr) | (in the plural) archive, archives. An item in an archive, a document kept for historical interest. |
archive | English (en) | To put into an archive. A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.. The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives). |
tar | English (en) | (computing) A file produced by such a program.. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix. (computing, transitive) To create a tar archive. |