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A. Etymology, term, delimitation

The term architect, not documented before the 5th cent. BC, derives from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (architéktōn; Hdt. 3.60; 4.87); in turn, this term is derived from τέκτων (téktōn); τεκτωσύνη (tektosýnē; carpentry), which shows that the architect of early archaic times initially dealt with  wood and only later came in contact with stone as a building material. The Latin arc(h)itectus is a loan word from this Greek semantic field. An archi…