Where does “Ἐπίμαχος” come from?

Ἐπίμαχος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek μάχη, from Ancient Greek μάχομαι, from Proto-Indo-European maHgʰ- — to fight.

Ἐπίμαχος (Ancient Greek): that may easily be attacked, assailable (of fortified places)

Definitions

  1. that may easily be attacked, assailable (of fortified places)

Ancestry of “Ἐπίμαχος”, step by step

Ἐπίμαχος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek μάχη

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμάχηbattle, combat; quarrel, strife, dispute;...
2Ancient GreekμάχομαιI make war, fight, battle; I quarrel, wrangle,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanmaHgʰ-to fight

via Ancient Greek ἐπιμαχίᾱ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐπιμαχίᾱdefensive alliance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European maHgʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek μάχομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek μάχη →