Where does “διλοχία” come from?

διλοχία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λόχος, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai — to lie down.

διλοχία (Ancient Greek): double company; a body of thirty-two men

Definitions

  1. double company; a body of thirty-two men

Ancestry of “διλοχία”, step by step

διλοχία traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek λόχος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλόχοςambush; The place of an ambush: ambuscade; A body...
2Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
3Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down

via Ancient Greek δῐ́ς

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδῐ́ςtwice, double
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai →Every word from Ancient Greek λέχομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek λόχος →