Where does “lochus” come from?

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

lochus (English): A military unit headed by a lochagus

Definitions

  1. A military unit headed by a lochagus

Ancestry of “lochus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlochuslochus
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 →