Where does “αερομαχία” come from?
αερομαχία (Greek) comes from Greek μάχη, from Ancient Greek μᾰ́χη, from Ancient Greek μάχομαι, from Proto-Indo-European maHgʰ- — to fight.
αερομαχία (Greek): aerial combat, dogfight
Ancestry of “αερομαχία”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | μάχη | battle, combat; fight, struggle |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μᾰ́χη | fight; battle, combat |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μάχομαι | I make war, fight, battle; I quarrel, wrangle,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | maHgʰ- | to fight |