archive
noun
[ ˈɑːkʌɪv ]
• a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
• "source materials in local archives"
Similar:
records,
annals,
chronicles,
registers,
accounts,
papers,
documents,
rolls,
dossiers,
files,
deeds,
ledgers,
history,
information,
evidence,
documentation,
paperwork,
muniments,
archive
verb
• place or store (something) in an archive.
Similar:
file,
log,
catalogue,
pigeonhole,
store,
record,
register,
chronicle,
cache,
document,
put on record,
post,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘place where records are kept’): from French archives (plural), from Latin archiva, archia, from Greek arkheia ‘public records’, from arkhē ‘government’. The verb dates from the late 19th century.
