Where does “Ἀνδρόμαχος” come from?
Ἀνδρόμαχος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μᾰ́χη, from Ancient Greek μάχομαι, from Proto-Indo-European maHgʰ- — to fight.
Ancestry of “Ἀνδρόμαχος”, step by step
Ἀνδρόμαχος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Ancient Greek ἀνήρ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 2 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |