Where does “lochos” come from?

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

lochos (English): a tactical subunit of Classical Greece and of the modern Greek army

Definitions

  1. a tactical subunit of Classical Greece and of the modern Greek army

Ancestry of “lochos”, step by step

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