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Where does “λοχείος” come from?

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

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*lékʰomai—

Words derived from “λοχείος”

  • lochia
  • lochial
  • aristolochiaceous
  • aristolochia
  • lochia
  • Aristolochia
  • Aristolochiales
  • Aristolochiaceae
  • λοχεία
  • ἀριστολόχεια
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai →