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Where does “πρόσταξις” come from?

πρόσταξις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek προστάσσω, from Ancient Greek προσ-, from Ancient Greek πρός, from Proto-Indo-European próti.

πρόσταξις (Ancient Greek): posting of additional troops on the wings of a...

Definitions

  1. posting of additional troops on the wings of a...

Ancestry of “πρόσταξις”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπροστάσσωto place or post at a place
2Ancient Greekπροσ-motion towards, accession to, or nearness to
3Ancient Greekπρόςforward to, toward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpróti—
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