Where does “stratégie” come from?

stratégie (French) comes from Old French strategie, from Latin strategia, from Ancient Greek στρατηγία, from Ancient Greek στρατηγός, from Ancient Greek ἄγω, from Proto-Hellenic ágō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

stratégie (French): strategy

Definitions

  1. strategy

Ancestry of “stratégie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchstrategie
2Latinstrategiaa government, strategy
3Ancient Greekστρατηγίαoffice of general, command; generalship; province...
4Ancient GreekστρατηγόςA leader or commander of an army: general; The...
5Ancient Greekἄγωto lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with
6Proto-Hellenicágōto lead, to guide
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “stratégie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic ágō