Where does “Antilochus” come from?

Antilochus (English) comes from Ancient Greek Ἀντίλοχος, from Ancient Greek λόχος, from Ancient Greek λέχομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai — to lie down.

Antilochus (English): A prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War

Definitions

  1. A prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War

Ancestry of “Antilochus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἈντίλοχοςAntilochus
2Ancient Greekλόχοςambush; The place of an ambush: ambuscade; A body...
3Ancient Greekλέχομαιto lie down
4Proto-Hellenic*lékʰomaito lie down
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *lékʰomai →Every word from Ancient Greek λέχομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek λόχος →