Where does “ἀγχιμαχητής” come from?

ἀγχιμαχητής (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μαχητής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

ἀγχιμαχητής (Ancient Greek): fighting hand-to-hand

Definitions

  1. fighting hand-to-hand

Ancestry of “ἀγχιμαχητής”, step by step

ἀγχιμαχητής traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek μαχητής

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμαχητήςfighter, warrior
2Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
3Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Ancient Greek ἄγχι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄγχιnear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Ancient Greek -τής →