Where does “μονομάχος” come from?
μονομάχος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.
μονομάχος (Ancient Greek): fighting in single combat; dueling by hand-to-hand combat
Definitions
- fighting in single combat; dueling by hand-to-hand combat
Ancestry of “μονομάχος”, step by step
μονομάχος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek μόνος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μόνος | alone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | σπέρμα | seed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | *spérmə | — |
via Ancient Greek μᾰ́χη
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μᾰ́χη | fight; battle, combat |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μάχομαι | I make war, fight, battle; I quarrel, wrangle,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | maHgʰ- | to fight |
Words derived from “μονομάχος”