Where does “λοχεία” come from?
λοχεία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λόχος, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai.
λοχεία (Ancient Greek): childbirth, childbed
Ancestry of “λοχεία”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | λόχος | ambush; The place of an ambush: ambuscade; A body... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λέχομαι | to lie down |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *lékʰomai | — |
Words derived from “λοχεία”