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archaism (n.)
1640s, "retention of what is old and obsolete," from Modern Latin
archaismus
, from Greek
arkhaismos
, from
arkhaizein
"to copy the ancients" (in language, etc.); see
archaic
. Meaning "an archaic word or expression" is from c. 1748.
