Where does “salami tactics” come from?
salami tactics (English) comes from Hungarian szalámitaktika, from Hungarian taktika, from Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτική, from Ancient Greek τακτικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
salami tactics (English): The piecemeal removal or scaling back of...
Definitions
- The piecemeal removal or scaling back of...
Ancestry of “salami tactics”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | szalámitaktika | salami tactics |
| 2 | Hungarian | taktika | tactics |
| 3 | Latin | tactica | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τακτική | tactics |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τακτικός | fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |