Where does “λοχείος” come from?

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

λοχείος (Ancient Greek): of childbirth

Definitions

  1. of childbirth

Ancestry of “λοχείος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλόχοςambush; The place of an ambush: ambuscade; A body...
2Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
3Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomaiEvery word from Ancient Greek λέχομαιEvery word from Ancient Greek λόχος
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