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