Where does “strategia” come from?
strategia (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto strategio, from Polish strategia, from French stratégie, from Old French strategie, from Latin strategia, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία, from Ancient Greek στρατηγός, from Ancient Greek ἄγω — to drive.
strategia (Esperanto): strategic
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Ancestry of “strategia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | strategio | strategy |
| 2 | Polish | strategia | strategy; strategy video game |
| 3 | French | stratégie | strategy |
| 4 | Old French | strategie | — |
| 5 | Latin | strategia | a government, strategy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγία | office of general, command; generalship; province... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | στρατηγός | A leader or commander of an army: general; The... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄγω | to lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ágō | to lead, to guide |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |