Architecture

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mid 16th century: from Latin architectura, from architectus (see architect).


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Borrowed from French architecture, from Latin architectūra. Originally from architect, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων(arkhitéktōn, “architect”, literally “chief builder, principal craftsman”).


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architecture (n.)

1560s, "the art of building, tasteful application of scientific and traditional rules of good construction to the materials at hand," from French architecture, from Latin architectura, from architectus "master builder, chief workman" (see architect). Meaning "buildings constructed architecturally" is from 1610s.