'archdapifer' originates from a combination of the Greek prefix 'arch-' (from Greek 'arkhós', meaning 'chief' or 'principal') and the Latin word 'dapifer' (from Latin 'daps' meaning 'feast' and '-fer' meaning 'bearer'), so it literally meant 'chief feast-bearer'.

'archdapifer' was used in Medieval Latin as 'archidapifer' and passed into Middle English in the medieval period as a term for a household officer; over time it became rare and is now obsolete or archaic in modern English.

Initially it meant 'chief bearer of the feast' (a specific ceremonial role); over time its sense broadened to a more general 'chief steward' or head household officer and then fell into archaic/obsolete usage.